Kyoto Museum of Traditional Crafts (Fureaikan)

Frommer's Review

Near Heian Shrine is this excellent museum dedicated to the many crafts that flourished during Kyoto's long reign as the imperial capital. Various displays and videos demonstrate the step-by-step production of crafts ranging from stone lanterns and fishing rods to textiles, paper fans, umbrellas, boxwood combs, lacquerware, Buddhist altars, and Noh masks. The displays are fascinating, the crafts beautiful, and explanations in English, making even a 30-minute stop here well worth the effort. Crafts are sold in the museum shop.

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