Takaoka City Casting Museum

An educational tour

The museum is located in Kanayamachi, just behind the Ryokuchi park. Park there in order to walk to the rows of old timber houses. The museum itself is open and free except for a special exhibit se...

It's worth just seeing the exhibition in the free area

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You can see the actual melting furnace that melts metal and the "tatara" that sends air to the furnace. You can see the metal melting using the old-fashioned melting furnace and the "tatara" that sends air with the foot fumi, and the video shows the flowing out of the mouth. Looking at the real thing of the furnace, it is understood that the metal can be melted and used in the furnace of this size, and it has a real feeling.

I knew very well about the casting. I thought I should stop by if I came to Takaoka.

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It was divided into free base and paid space. The free space was the foundation of Takaoka's casting industry, and the tools used for old casting were exhibited, which deepened my understanding. There was also a corner like a spot for disseminating information about casting experiences in the vicinity. Wi-Fi was also available. The paid space is collected by one adult ３００ yen, but after showing the video (about 12 minutes) about the process of Takaoka's beautiful casting work, the building is actually vacant ...

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I had a person familiar with casting from Takaoka talked about casting before, but I didn't get an image at all. When I actually saw tools such as molds, I felt that my understanding was much better.

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It is located along the Senbon lattice House Nami-dori in Kanaya-cho, the birthplace of Takaoka casting. This museum is said to have been renovated from an old folk house and moved to ２０１３ year. You can learn about the history and tradition of casting through the exhibition of early casting products, various forms, casting tools and other items.