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Last update:April 25,2025

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Naramachi Karakuri Toy Museum

Outline

The Naramachi Karakuri Toy Museum is a hands-on facility where you can touch and play with old-fashioned reproduced toys, which were played during the Edo period, in the space of a traditional townhouse in Naramachi.

Naramachi Karakuri Toy Museum

Address

630-8338
7 Inyo-cho, Nara city, Nara

Home page

Naramachi Karakuri Toy Museum

Access

10 minutes walk from Kintetsu Nara Station on Kintetsu Line
15 minutes walk from JR Nara Station on JR West Yamatoji Line

Parking

None available

Hours

9:00 am to 5:00 pm
Closed Wednesdays (except for national holidays) , however the museum sometime open & close irregularly, so please check the home page.

Number of visitors facility can accept

Maxmimum 20

Visit requirements

Especially nothing,however more than 10 people,need to make a reservation.

Average visit length

20~30minutes

Admission fee

Free

Support in foreign languages

Assist in English,but no support available on English-speakingstaff's day off.

Materials in foreign languages

Exhibit explanations in English
Leaflets in English,Chinese,Korean,French

Contact

TEL: 0742-26-5656
Web:https://karakuri-omochakan.jimdofree.com/

Applications

Individual -reservation is not needed.
Group (10 or more persons)- Reservation is needed. (Reservation by telephone or internet)

Contact Information
(When you want to visit the facilities introduced in this list, please apply to each facility directly.)

Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, Kansai Bureau
International Investment Promotion Division
Address: 1-5-44 Otemae, Chuo-ku, Osaka, 540-8535
Phone:+81-6-6966-6033