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Kanazawa Yasue Gold-Leaf Museum

This museum will be closed for renovations from Monday, December 1, 2025, to Thursday, March 5, 2026.

This museum focuses on and exhibits gold beating tools and artistic handicraft articles collected by Komei Yasue, a famous gold leaf artisan. Visitors can see the manufacturing process of gold leaves. The museum exhibits a large number of works including folding screens, Noh costumes, Kutani porcelain, a Kanazawa Buddhist altar, Kaga lacquer work, and Kaga incrustation work.

Information

Address
1-3-10 Higashiyama, Kanazawa, Ishikawa
Price
Adult: 310 yen, group 20 persons min.: 260 yen per person, person of 65 years old or over: 210 yen, person below high-school age: Free
Business Hours
9:30–17:00 (Visitors must enter by 16:30)
Regular Holidays
Tuesdays (Next day if Tuesday falls on a holiday), Dec. 29 to Jan. 3, priods of exhibit change
Parking
None
Parking: Large Vehicle
None
Phone
076-251-8950
Official Website
https://www.kanazawa-museum.jp/kinpaku/

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