Kyoto Prefectural Yamashiro Local History Museum (Hometown Museum Yamashiro)
Apr 2024-Mar 2025 Event Guide
Upcoming exhibition & events
Age of civil war in the Southern Yamashiro Region
Based on the results of recent surveys and research, this exhibition will bring together archaeological materials excavated from the castle ruins and historical materials related to local lords involved in the Yamashiro Province Uprising, providing a glimpse into the Minamiyamashiro region as it was in the Sengoku period.
Period: Saturday, October 19, 2024 to Sunday, December 8, 2024
Admission fee: Adults 250 yen, Elementary and junior high school students 70 yen
Commentary on the lineup: Saturday, October 19, 2024, from 11:00 a.m.
Autumn Children’s Experience Classes
Let’s make a fire using the maikiri! Then, let’s make a bonfire with the fire that we made! Let’s roast Terada potatoes on the bonfire and eat them!
Matcha Experience
Date and time: Saturday, October 12, 2024, 1:30 pm to 3:30 pm
Content:A special experience of Uji tea culture with a matcha preparation demonstration by an Omotesenke teacher, a matcha preparation class by Kizu High School students, and a tencha tasting.
Location: Kyoto Prefectural Yamashiro Local History Museum
Participation fee: 1,000 yen
Capacity: 25 people
what’s new
Special Exhibition for 2024“Age of civil war in the Southern Yamashiro Region“ This exhibition brings together archaeological and historical materials based on the results of recent surveys and research, providing a glimpse into the southern Yamashiro region during the Sengoku period.
Matcha Experience A special experience of Uji tea culture with a matcha preparation demonstration by an Omotesenke teacher, a matcha preparation class by Kizu High School students, and a tencha tasting.
Autumn Children’s Experience Classes Let’s make a fire using the maikiri! Then, let’s make a bonfire with the fire that we made! Let’s roast Terada potatoes on the bonfire and eat them!
Exhibition guide
In addition to permanent exhibitions of South-Yamashiro’s distinctive cultural properties in the fields of archeology, history, and folklore, we hold special
exhibitions and planned exhibitions.
Event
We hold various events throughout the year!
Children’s Workshop
In summer and autumn we hold hands-on classes for elementary and junior high school students.
Listening to the curator’s commentary, they learn how to make ancient money “wado-kaichin”,“magatama”, comma-shaped jewels (stones) used to make necklaces, “sannkaku-ennshinnzyu-kyou”,triangular-rimmed ancient mirrors decorated with gods and animals, as well as “dohtaku”, bronze bells.
Access
(Some parts may not be available)
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Introducing historical sites and other important ruins in the Yamashiro area (excluding Kyoto City).
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Ocha no Kyoto introduces tourist information for the Minamiyamashiro area.
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