[Image1]The Yamaga Lantern Folk Art Museum celebrated its 100th anniversary.The Yamaga Lantern Folk Art Muse
[Image2]The Yamaga Lantern Folk Art Museum celebrated its 100th anniversary.The Yamaga Lantern Folk Art Muse
[Image3]The Yamaga Lantern Folk Art Museum celebrated its 100th anniversary.The Yamaga Lantern Folk Art Muse

The Yamaga Lantern Folk Art Museum celebrated its 100th anniversary.

The Yamaga Lantern Folk Art Museum was built in 1925 as the former Yasuda Bank Yamaga Branch, and this year marks its 100th anniversary.
It is the first reinforced concrete building in Yamaga, and it is a historical building with various designs and features everywhere, including an Ionic style exterior.
After that, it was used as "Higo Bank Yamaga Branch", and now it is registered as a national registered tangible cultural property and is used as a base point facilities for broadcasting the charm of traditional crafts and Yamaga lanterns.

The Yamaga Lantern Folk Art Museum exhibits a number of masterpieces of Yamaga lanterns.
Enjoy the world of "Yamaga lanterns", which can be said to be synonymous with Yamaga.

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Apr. 1, 2025
Yachiyoza Theater Story ~Yamaga Lantern Dance Regular Performance~ "Yachiyoza Theater Story ~ Yamaga Lantern Dance Regular Performance" is a special program that includes a Visiting the site of the Yachiyoza Theater, a Meiji playhouse that is more than 100 years old, and Appreciation of the Yamaga Lantern Dance. The lantern dance seen in an extraordinary space that seems to have traveled back in time to the good old days is remarkably lustrous! Enjoy a luxurious time where you can experience the charm of Yamaga all at once! [Place] Yachiyoza Theater 【Held in】 Held in dates from the following URL. https://www.y-kankoukyoukai.com/sp_page01.php 【Date and time】 Once a day, 10:30 a.m. (approx. 60 minutes) ・Screening of Nankyoku "The Story of the Birth and Reconstruction of the Yachiyoza Theater: Wasamon" (Nanikyoku Master Koyuki Minatoya) ・Yamaga lantern dance performance ・ Yachiyoza theater guide, commemorative photo with dancers 【Admission Fee】 Adult: 1,530 yen/person (Yachiyoza Theater admission fee + lantern dance appreciation fee 1,000 yen) Elementary and junior high school students: 770 yen/person (Yachiyoza Theater admission fee + lantern dance Appreciation fee 500 yen) * There is also a group discount (15 people or more) and a common admission ticket that includes admission to the Yachiyoza Theater and the Lantern Folk Art Museum. * Includes a shopping voucher that can be used at Yamaga shops 【Information】 ・ From 10:30 ~ 11:30, only customers who have an Appreciation ticket for Yachiyoza Theater Monogatari will be able to enter. ・ Visiting the site of the Yachiyoza Theater is possible even outside the date and time when the Yachiyoza Theater Story is held in. ・Held in date is subject to change. Thank you for your understanding. 【Inquiry】 Yamaga Hot Spring Tourism Association 0968-43-2952 Yachiyoza Theater 0968-44-4004 * If you are coming with more than 15 people, please make a reservation in advance. If you have less than 14 people, please come on the day without a reservation.