Sakai Traditional Crafts Museum (SAKAI DENSHOKAN)

The Sakai Traditional Crafts Museum is reopening after a remodeling based on the concept of allowing people with no understanding of the traditional crafts of Sakai to learn about, enjoy, and feel close to them.

The first floor retail space named Takumi Shop: Knife / Grindstones offers a varied range of knives for all sorts of uses, made from different materials with several types of handles. You are sure to be able to find just the knife you need. In the Takumi Shop: Traditional industrial products / SAKAI brand products you can find not only traditional crafts such as printing or bleaching cotton and incense sticks, but also seasonings which is perfect for everyday use and expertly crafted items that also make wonderful gifts.
In the second floor Takumi Exhibition: Traditional Industry Exhibition the space is skillfully used to show off garments made using chusen dyeing, nassen printing, and wazarashi bleaching, as well as Sakai carp streamers. Also classes are held to experience knife-sharpening, incense making and so on.
The Sakai Knife Museum "Cut" exhibits the history, production techniques, and tools used to make knives in Sakai. You can find practical examples, models, and illustrations on display, as well as the awe-inspiring HIBANA chandelier made from materials used in the knife-making process.