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Yakumo Town Local History Museum・Wood Carved Bear Museum
Overview
Hokkaido's "wood-carved bear" originated in Yakumo, and in Reiwa 6, it will welcome its 100th anniversary.
The exhibition, starting with the Swiss wood-carved bear that Tokugawa Yoshichika brought in and Hokkaido's first wood-carved bear that referenced it, pre-war wood-carved bears that took various poses when Yakumo's wood-carved bears were famous as Hokkaido's wood-carved bears, and wood-carved bears by Shigeyuki Shibasaki, who established a unique artistic style called Shibasaki carving (hatsuri carving) which emphasizes the surfaces chipped (split) with an axe, and others, are displaying unique wood-carved bears.
Not only Yakumo, but also wood-carved bears holding salmon that boasted immense popularity as post-war Hokkaido souvenirs, and also about wood-carved bears from various places within Hokkaido are being displayed, and you can know about wood-carved bears within Hokkaido.
Business Hours
9:00 to 16:30
regular closing day
Monday, public holiday, December 29th to January 5th
Fee
Free
Location
Postal Code Symbol 049-3112 Hokkaido Futami District Yakumo Town Suehiro Town 154
Access
JR Yakumo Station from walking 6 minutes
parking lot
12 units. Among them 2 units are for disabled persons.
Bus exclusive parking lot does not exist, but the act of parking is possible.
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