12/23-2/22 MEXIKOKESHI

MEXIKOKESHI
Dec 23 2014 - Feb 22 2015
10:00-17:00 (last admission 16:30)
closed on Monday (but National Holiday open), Dec 28 - Jan 4 close

Kokeshi is wooden Japanese doll, traditional craft of Miyagi and other area of Japan.
The Keicho-era mission to Europe's 400th anniversary.
In 1613, DATE Masamune, the lord of the Sendai Domain, dispatched the Keicho-era mission to Europe (over 180 people including his retainer HASEKURA Tsunenaga) to Mexico, Spain and Rome.

admission fee
Adult 300yen
High school student and under, Older age(65 and over), Handicapped person, Free

Museum of Kamei Collection
http://www.kameimuseum.or.jp/
Butterfly, kokeshi (wooden Japanese doll), picture collection.
Kamei Itsutsubashi Building 7F, 1-1-23 Itsutsubashi, Aoba-ku, Sendai-shi, Miyagi-ken
No parking.
About 3 min. from North4 Exit, Sendai Subway Namboku Line, N11 Itsutsubashi Sta.
About 10 min. from West Exit, JR Sendai Sta.

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