Kyoto Museum of Crafts and Design

Probably one of my favorite attractions we visited in Japan. Loved reading about all of the crafts and how they are made. A lot of the exhibits are interactive and there was a pop-up of ceramics and an artist crafting on site!

For some reason, I expected to see the history of arts and crafts, but this exhibition focused on showing you the craftsmanship of Kyoto. It was very very well put together, and very interactive. We had fun! My only problem was that it was so much smaller than we expected. It only takes up a tiny part of the building it's in. When we bought the ticket, we also got a discount ticket for the museum shop.

It’s a small museum but beautiful examples of traditional Kyoto arts and crafts with some hands on displays. The kimonos and fabrics displayed were fabulous.

Small museum in Kyoto, it takes around 1h to check the exhibition. A lady was doing lacquer; although she did not interact with foreign visitors... I love design so I liked the spot.

Exceeded expectations with some really cool interactive stations. Both me and my partner enjoy crafts and were getting big time inspiration from some of the detailed explanations of how these ancient crafts were done.

Really enjoyed this museum - it is so informative and innovative. It's a great introduction to Kyoto and it's heritage of craftsmanship. It was great getting to have a go at some crafts and the interactive displays were brilliant!

Truly one of the best and most informative museums I've ever visited. All the descriptions have English translation available and it really goes into detail about the manufacturing process and historical context of the exhibit. If there's too much text and you feel overwhelmed then no worries! You'll be given an exhibition catalog when buying a ticket which you can real later It's okay to take photos and the museum's shop has really cool souvenirs

Such a nice and small museum. Small, but packed with interesting stuff about real japanese crafts with examples

I enjoyed my first visit to the Kyoto Museum of Traditional Craft and Design. It's located in the basement of the Miyako Messe building and is part museum and part museum store. The museum covers a wide variety of traditional crafts, including pottery, ikebana, kimonos, basket making, swords, and many more. Most of the graphs have labels in both of Japanese and English and tell interesting stories on how the item is created. Worth your time if you're interested in Japanese design and crafts.