Traditional manufacturing skills,
feel the history of metal working

TSUBAME INDUSTRIAL MUSEUM can feel the history and techniques of the craftsmen ’s town
“Niigata Prefecture Tsubame” to experience!
At the experience laboratory, mini spoon making, metal craft experience is also possible!

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  Main building

  The main building contains exhibits on the handcraftsmanship which has been passed down in Tsubame without interruption since the Edo period; the same handcraftsmanship which has ultimately made this tiny town near the Sea of Japan into a metalworking powerhouse known and trusted around the world.

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  New building

  The new building contains exhibits on metal housewares and the Western metal cutlery produced in Tsubame which makes up more than 90% of all such cutlery manufactured in Japan.
  Some 5,000 spoons from across the globe dating from BC eras to the modern day are on display in the adjoining World Spoon Hall.

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  Yatate Kiseru Hall

  Pipe-shaped, portable writing sets called “yatate” and Japanese tobacco pipes known as “kiseru” dating from between the Edo and Meiji periods are on display in this hall.