Kyoto Prefectural Yamashiro Regional Museum

34°45′08″N 135°50′02″E / 34.752243°N 135.833888°E / 34.752243; 135.833888Typeregional museumWebsitehttps://www.kyoto-be.ne.jp/yamasiro-m/

Kyoto Prefectural Yamashiro Regional Museum (京都府立山城郷土資料館) is a regional museum located in Yamashiro District of Kizugawa City, Kyoto Prefecture. Its collections and exhibits cover archeological ruins as well as historical artifacts from south Yamashiro district of Kyoto Prefecture.^[1][2]

Exhibits archeological ruins and historical artifacts from south Yamashiro districts. Major exhibitions are Kesadasukimon Dōtaku (ritual bronze bell with crossed band design), roofing tile from Imperial Audience Hall of Kuni-kyō, cray face, statue of Gozo Tenno, Standing Statue of Amida Nyorai, white and black face masks.

• Akira Akitsuki, A painter walked with Buddha
• Opening of rail road and modern development of South Yamashiro area
• Excavated history of Kyoto, 2018
• Whispers of letters - Writings on excavated articles
• Tools for daily life - now and then

Children activity "Let's make a Dotaku-shaped Lampshade", "Let's make bronze mirror", "Let's make Wadōkaichin, Bronze Coin".

Various seminars on history in the area. Example includes "Walking through history - walking along Daibutsu Tetsudo".

Lectures held be museum staffs or invited lecturers on topic of history.

About a 20–25 minute walk from Kamikoma Station of JR Nara Line.

Open 9:00 - 16:30.

Closed on Monday (except on holidays, in which case it is closed on Tuesday) and at the end and beginning of the year.

• Official Webpage (in Japanese)