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Sekisho Karakuri Museum

箱根寄木細工 関所からくり美術館
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Closed Today Open tomorrow at 9:00-17:00
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17 Hakone, Ashigarashimo District, Kanagawa 250-0521, JapanMap
Phone+81 460-83-6604
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  • ConsideredReview
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    Excellent puzzle box demonstration and shop

    A wonderful place. Charming shop and charismatic demonstration of the techniques used in making a beautiful puzzle box. We had a great time and - yes - I did buy one. It's with me now, 5,000 miles awa...

    Reviewed on Mar 1, 2024
  • 113borisb
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    Fantastic Place of History

    Very friendly and detailed history and artifacts of Japanese Karakuri Boxes. With historical and contemporary puzzles. Many pieces had limited quantities so they are rare and can hardly be seen. The f...

    Reviewed on Jan 7, 2020
  • JapRob
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    Small Museum interesting/ignorant and most unfriendly staff

    We came to see and appreciate this old traditional craftmanship. The small museum with ‚try-it‘ experiences is worth seeing, but the staff is a nightmare in terms of Japanese manner and politeness. We...

    Reviewed on Apr 23, 2019
  • Noel D
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    A unique craft

    We were blown away by the demonstration of the special "secret" boxes, how they are made & even morso by how you approach trying to open on. Some had hundreds of moving parts -- amazing.

    Reviewed on Apr 6, 2019
  • Kevin2986
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    Not worth visiting

    It is located in very inconvenient area and I was stuck in really bad traffic jam taking me over 1 hour from Hakone Yumoto. The museum is very small and it is a part of tacky little souvenir store. Th...

    Reviewed on Jul 15, 2018
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