Kanra Town History and Folklore Museum (Former Obata-gumi Brick Warehouse)

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A museum located along Prefectural Route 46 in Obata, Kanra Town, Kanra County. The museum is located within the Former Obata-gumi Seishi Brick Warehouse, a cocoon warehouse built during the Taisho period by the Kanra-sha Obata-gumi silk-reeling union during the golden age of the sericultural industry. Most of the displays concern the local sericultural industry but also displayed are historical materials including armor and a wood statue of the Buddha carved in the early Edo period by Busshi Enku, a sculptor of Buddhist images.

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Kanra Town History and Folklore Museum (Former Obata-gumi Brick Warehouse)

Address: Gunma Kanra-gun Kanramachi Obata 852-1 Map
Area: Western Area
Phone: 0274745957
Hours: 9:00-16:30
Closed: Monday(The next day if it's a public holiday), New Year's Holiday(12/29-1/3)
Fees: [Admission fee]
[High School Students and above]200yen
[Up to Junior high school student]Free
Parking Lot: Available(4spaces)
Credit Card: Not available
Smoking: Not available
Wi-Fi: Not available
Estimated stay time: 30-60 minutes
Wheelchair accessible: Available
Infant friendly: Available