Opening of the Old Gunsmith Workshop and Residence

The Old Gunsmith Workshop and Residence offers visitors with a unique, interactive experience, where you can learn all about gun manufacturing in the actual place they were made. You can really feel the history as you walk through the workshop and residence, with traditional tatami rooms, exhibition cases, a video about the gunsmith industry in Sakai and even a beautiful Japanese garden you can see through the open shouji sliding doors. There is also a room where you can try blowing the bellows to grow the virtual fire on the screen and you can also practice using a mallet while following the instructions of the video.
During May traditional samurai armor and a carp streamer will be displayed at the Traditional Townhouse Museums (Seigakuin, Yamaguchi Residence and Old Gunsmith Workshop and Residence) from the 1st to the 27th. For more information please click here.

Opening hours: 10:00-17:00

Closed: Every Tuesday and New Year holidays (December 29th-January 3rd)

Entrance fee: 500 yen

Address: 1-3-22 Kitahatago-cho Nishi, Sakai-ku

Nearest train station: 5-minute walk from Takasujinsha station (Hankai Line) and Shichido station (Nankai Line).