The 9 Best History Museums in City Center, Kinki

Encounter the beauty and technique of Kyoto traditional crafts We feature the history, processes etc.of each of the 74 kinds of traditional crafts, which have conveyed the history and culture of Kyoto with products and videos. Kyoto, the old capital, was established in 794 as Heian-kyo, and developed as the center of politics, culture and industry. Throughout history, Kyoto has kept taking in new ideas, while at the same time keeping the old ones, and has created various kinds of crafts by utilizing the advantage of a sophisticated design sense coupled with an advanced local economy. Kyoto Museum of Crafts and Design is the place where many people discover the industry and culture of Kyoto as well as being introduced to the beauty and technique that have been inherited here.

Kyoto is richly blessed with nature and having been the capital of Japan for more than one thousand years it has been developing an outstanding culture and has played a major role in the formation of Japanese culture. The Museum of Kyoto was opened in 1988 as a comprehensive cultural facility that introduces the history and culture of Kyoto in an easily understandable way. And in 2011 the museum was renovated for visitors to experience "the real thing" and it started out on a new journey. In addition to the wide variety of special exhibitions on the 4th floor, there are various projects that introduce excellent items connected to Kyoto in the exhibition galleries on the 2nd and 3rd floors. Also, there are regularly scheduled shows of classic films held by Kyoto Prefecture in the pleasant and comfortable of the film theater on the 3rd floor. In addition, the annex (the former Bank of Japan Kyoto Branch), which was designated as the Important Cultural Property as a leading example of a modern Western-style building, is widely known as the symbol of the Museum of Kyoto.