奈良町からくりおもちゃ館 The Naramachi Karakuri Toy Museum inward the Naramachi district of Nara is a fun, costless museum dedicated to the ingenious wooden toys of the Edo Period. The museum is situated inward an former machiya townhouse that was previously a restaurant. The edifice dates from 1890 that was restored inward 2012. The Naramachi Karakuri Toy Museum is operated yesteryear a local NPO. 
17th as well as 18th century Japanese kids didn't stimulate got smartphones as well as Pokemon Go as well as hence entertained themselves alongside a release of hand-made, mechanical automata (karakuri) that stimulate got been reproduced yesteryear a history professor at Nara University as well as are on display within this traditional house. 
As good every bit the wooden toys on display that y'all are encouraged to play alongside yesteryear the friendly volunteer staff. the museum too displays master copy drawings, illustrations as well as woods block prints (ukiyo-e) of diverse games from Edo times. 
There are unopen to 600 exhibits on demo at the museum as well as visitors tin handgrip nigh xxx of them. The Naramachi Karakuri Toy Museum too holds regular events as well as workshops where participants tin larn how to brand their ain wooden toys. These are a lot of fun! The side yesteryear side costless events are on the weekend of August 6-7 from 10am-4pm. 
At the dorsum of the tatami-floored museum is a minor garden y'all tin stimulate got a await at from the within of the building. The garden is planted alongside seasonal plants such every bit camellia, plum, cherry, rhododendron as well as hydrangea. Naramachi Karakuri Toy Museum (Official site inward Japanese) 7, Inyocho, Nara 630-8338 Tel: 0742 26 5656 Hours: 9am-5pm; closed Wednesday Admission: Free The museum is nigh x minutes on human foot from Kintetsu Nara Station. 
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