Free Admission! Noto Satoyama Satoumi Museum

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Noto Satoyama Satoumi Museum

The “Noto Satoyama Satoumi Museum” is a very beautiful, hands-on facility that opened in 2018.

Noto Satoyama Satoumi Museum

I actually went there this summer, and here’s what I found out!

Noto is a town of festivals and seafood

Noto is a town with many festivals.

 Noto Satoyama Satoumi Museum

The museum’s nameplate was in the shape of a piece of goodie used at the festival!

 

By the way, Satoyama means a mountain adjacent to a human village.
Satoumi is a sea adjacent to a human settlement.

The Noto area is surrounded by mountains and the sea, and is rich in nature!

 

Let’s go inside right away.

 Noto Satoyama Satoumi Museum

 Noto Satoyama Satoumi Museum

Placed near the entrance are the tools used for the festival.

 

The first photo shows the wheels of a festival float(Dekayama) used in festivals.

dekayama
They have a festival to move the Dekayama, which is 12 meters high and weighs 20 tons.

The second photo shows a float used in a festival called the Kiriko Festival.

kiriko-festival

 

Enjoy touching the exhibits

Going further back, we found an area where we could see the lifestyle of Noto.

Noto Satoyama Satoumi Museum

Noto Satoyama Satoumi Museum

Here, visitors can touch and experience a variety of exhibits.

 

They even had some festival paraphernalia there!

Noto Satoyama Satoumi Museum

Noto Satoyama Satoumi Museum

Noto Satoyama Satoumi Museum

 

Photography was allowed, so my family and I had a great time.

 

Free admission!

It is a very small museum, but I was able to touch the exhibits and enjoy them with my family.

Best of all, admission is free!
The museum was created from the perspective of making various people aware of the area’s specialties and products and preserving them for future generations.

 

It seems there are many festivals, and I would like to see one in person someday.


aki

aki

Hello! I live in a place called Shiga, Japan. I'm not very good at English, but I'm writing this blog in the hope that I can convey some of Japan's beautiful places and delicious food to people overseas.

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