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　INFOMATION

■Open & Closed

Open: 9:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
(Ticket sales until 4:30 p.m.)

Closed: Mondays
(except on national holidays)

■Entrance Fee

Adults: 500Yen
Senior High School students: 300Yen
Junior High School and Elementary School Students: 250Yen
Children 5 and under: Free

　HOW TO GET TO THE KANKAKU MUSEUM

■BY CAR

15 minutes north of the Tohoku superhighway's Furukawa interchange.

■BY TRAIN

From JR Sendai Station take the JR Tohoku Shinkansen to JR Furukawa Station (18 minutes).

From JR Furukawai Station take the JR Rikuu East Line to JR Iwadeyama Station (20 minutes).

7 minutes walk from JR Iwadeyama Station.
15 minutes walk from JR Yuubikan station.

■BY AIRPLANE

75 minutes from Sendai International Airport by car.

　Contact Infomation

100,Aza Shimokawara-machi,Iwadeyama, Osaki City , Miyagi Prefecture, Japan.

Zip code: 989-6434
Tel:+(81) 229-72-5588
Fax:+(81) 229-72-5577
WEB PAGE: http://www.kankaku.org/

　Caution

Smoking is prohibited in the KANKAKU MUSEUM.

　　WHAT IS THE KANKAKU MUSEUM?

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Iwadeyama's KANKAKU (senses) MUSEUM , opend on the 4th of August 2000,is the first of its kind in japan. The theme of the museum is the five senses - sight, hearing, smell, taste, and touch.

The museum's purpose is to help people to develop a feeling of comfort and well being-something which is very difficult to do in this modern, stressful age. The museum aims to do this stimulating people's senses.
The museum aims to do this stimulating people's senses.

The museum has two different zones; the "Dialogue Zone" and the "Monologue Zone". The "Dialogue Zone "is designed to allow people to experience the physical world by close interaction with it. The "Monologue Zone " is designed to be a place of quiet reflection and mediation. Each zone has a large number of diverse exhibits designed to stimulate the all five senses in a variety of different ways.

The museum also has workshops that people may join.

　

　　Where is the KANKAKU MUSEUM?

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The KANKAKU MUSEUM is situated in Iwadeyama town's Attaka-mura (Community village). This village is comprised of a nursery school, a rest home, a park, and an employment centre for people with disabilities. The museum was built here so that all kinds of people - children,adults,the elderly,and the disabled - can use the museum as a place of comfort and communication.

The management of the museum is a non-profit organisation OPENHEART ATTAKA whose aim is to minister to people's kansei hukushi (senses welfare).

　
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