Little Indigo Museum

A house from 1796, ¥300: it closes three days out of seven and for the whole winter.

It is someone's home: an indigo dyer lives and works there, and keeps two rooms open. One holds the indigo-dyed textiles he has collected around the world; the other has the workshop, with the vats sunk into the floor where the dye ferments. The roof is thatched and the house dates from 1796.

A thatched farmhouse built in 1796, in the village of Miyama, where the indigo dyer Shindō Hiroyuki lives and works. Two rooms are open to the public: the collection of indigo-dyed textiles gathered from all over the world and the dyeing workshop, with its sunken vats. It is not a public museum, and that is the reason for everything else: the short hours, the low price and the closures.

ℹ️ Open 11:00–17:00, ¥300. ⚠️ It closes three days out of seven and for the whole winter, and this is the detail that wrecks an itinerary if it is missing. ⚠️ The sources do not agree on which three days: the prefectural page that was opened says Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, the starting list said Monday, Tuesday and Friday, and the two sets have only Friday in common. Before going, phone 0771-77-0746. From JR Hiyoshi, take the Nantan municipal bus to the Kita bus stop and walk two minutes.

🚉 北 · 3 min walk

Sources: kyoto-kankou.or.jp

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