Hakata Traditional Craft and Design Museum *Relocated and opened in Hakata Ekimae 1-chome, Hakata-ku, Hakata, on Friday, 2 May 2025!

 *Relocated and opened in Hakata Ekimae 1-chome, Hakata-ku, Hakata, on Friday, 2 May 2025!
(*The Hakata Traditional Craft and Design Museum at the Fukuoka City Museum ceased operations on 6 April 2025.)

The Hakata Traditional Craft and Design Museum is a tourist attraction that displays and introduces Hakata-ori textiles, Hakata Dolls and other local traditional crafts representing Fukuoka City.

Hakata-ori has a history of approximately 780 years, and the design patterns presented to the Shogunate by the Chikuzen Kuroda feudal lord are still used today. Hakata Dolls are said to have originated about 400 years ago, when many tile craftsmen were brought to Chikuzen by the Kuroda.

Other traditional crafts include Hakata Magemono (Wood Sheet Bending), Hakata Scissors, Hakata Hariko, martigrass, Hakata Spinning Top, Hakata Okiage and Imajuku Dolls.

Above all, the skills of the artisans are just brilliant; they have preserved traditions and passed on reliable techniques handed down from ancient times to the present day.
Please visit the Hakata Traditional Crafts and Design Museum, where traditions come alive.