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Taketomi Mingeikan (Folk Craft Museum)
竹富民芸館Okinawa · Okinawa
A free-admission workshop-museum on Taketomi Island where visitors watch artisans hand-weave Yaeyama minsā — the traditional indigo-dyed cotton textile with a symbolic five-and-four stripe pattern — using dyes made from island-grown plants.
- Crowd level
- Hidden gem
- Rating
- 4.3· 1,206 reviews
- Opening hours
- Mon Closed Tue–Sun 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM
- Nearest station
- Taketomi Port · ~10 min by rental bicycle
- Phone
- 03-3467-4527
Usual hours — confirm with the official site for holidays + seasonal closures.
How to get there
in-village weaving workshop/museum, can watch weavers at work
Tags
museumcrafttextile
Location
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