Yutoku Museum | Information on the Yutoku Inari Shrine

Information

The Yutoku Museum displays historical, artistic, folkloric, and other artifacts to devout worshippers from all over Japan, numbering several million each year, as well as general visitors. Its ultimate aim is to contribute to the improvement of social and school education through its activities.

Hours

9:00 a.m.–4:30 p.m. (open throughout the year)

Entrance fee

	Fee	Group fee ^(*)
Adult	300 yen	200 yen
Student	200 yen	100 yen
Child (7-15)	100 yen	50 yen

* Fee for a group of at least 20 people

Permanent Exhibition

Artifacts donated by Yutokuin
Precious artifacts from the Yutoku Inari Shrine
Armor and helmets left by the lords of the domain of Kashima
Artistic swords, ceramics, paintings, and Kashima brocades

History

February 1955	The Yutoku Museum was established to exhibit precious objects from the Yutoku Inari Shrine and local archaeological finds.
March 1957	An art museum was established in the Yutoku Inari Shrine's Fugaien garden on the occasion of the Saga Industrial and Tourism Exhibition. After the art museum's closing, the shrine took it over to expand the Yutoku Museum.
February 1968	A new, reinforced, one-story concrete building was constructed.
April 1971	The reinforced concrete building was extensively reconstructed to one with a site area of 5,639 m² and a floor space of 620 m².
November 1974	As a result of the construction of a repository of archaeological finds, the floor space expanded to 633 m².