Yufuin Showa-kan

湯布院昭和館

4.6Est. 60Yufu, Kyushu

Local Pick

Overview

Showa-era (1930s-1960s) Japanese pop-culture museum, recreated streetscape of mid-century Yufuin shops.

A small museum recreating the Showa-era (1930s-1960s) streetscape of Yufuin's central village, with vintage shops, schoolroom, barbershop, and a working dagashi (penny candy) store inside the recreation. The exhibits go heavy on mid-century print advertising, baseball cards, and pre-1970 manga first editions. The recreated dagashi shop sells real candies at modern prices but in vintage packaging.

Local tips

Entry 1,200 yen. Closed Tuesdays. Children genuinely engage with the dagashi shop; adult Showa nostalgia tourists tend to spend most time in the schoolroom and barbershop.

Practical info

Japanese name: 湯布院昭和館

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