UMAC Worldwide Database of University Museums & Collections

Address:
1-18-1 Kaga, Itabashi-ku, Tokyo, 173-8602 Japan

Opening Hours:
9:30 to 17:00 (Mon-Fri)
9:30 to 12:00 (Sat)
closed on Sundays and National Holidays

Contact:
Phone: +81(0)339612918
Fax: +81(0)339615246

Links:
Tokyo Kasei University

Description:
The museum owes its reputation to a significant number of historically important documents and books bound in Japanese style, which have been carefully collected since the school’s foundation.

Moreover, experts at the museum have created many models that faithfully represent costumes and household utensils. The museum also displays other traditional items, such as Guatemalan costumes, native Taiwanese costumes, and Indonesian dolls called wayang.

Out of the 4,000 sewing models, 2,351, at last count, have been designated as significant tangible folk cultural assets of the country.

The museum usually exhibits materials that describe people’s lives, with an emphasis on food, clothing, and juvenile education. Special exhibitions are also open to the public twice a year. (From University Website)