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Museums/Galleries (Miyagi Zao Kokeshikan) Name Miyagi Zao Kokeshi Museum Location 36-135 Aza-Shinchi-Nishi-Urayama, Togatta-Onsen, Zao-machi Category Museums Description The Miyagi Zao Kokeshi Museum provides an easy-to-understand display of traditional kokeshi dolls and lacquered toys by prefecture, style and craftsman. Here visitors can see the actual process of manufacturing kokeshi dolls, and afterward purchase them for their own collections. Number of Visitors (Annually) 100,000 Handicapped-Accessible Foreign Language(s) Available (English) Fee Adults: 300 yen, high school students: 300 yen, junior high school students: 150 yen, elementary school students: 150 yen Group Discount Adults: 250 yen, high school students: 250 yen, junior high school students: 120 yen, elementary students: 120 yen (Group discount to be applied to 20 or more) Required Time (minutes)* 40 minutes Hours 9:00-17:00 (Last admission 16:30) Closed December 29 - January 3 Access 50 minutes by bus from Shiroishi-Zao Station on the Tohoku Shinkansen Line; or 30 minutes by car from the Shiroishi Interchange on the Tohoku Expressway Parking Available (5 spaces for large cars, 50 spaces for regular cars) Inquiries Zao-machi 0224-34-2385 (Fax: 0224-34-2300) URL http://www.zao-machi.com/