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Yokohama Doll Museum (Yokohama Ningyo-no-ie)

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Yokohama Doll Museum (Yokohama Ningyo-no-ie) Review

This museum houses a collection of some 4,000 dolls from all over the world. In Japanese tradition, dolls are less to play with than to display—either in religious folk customs or as the embodiment of some spiritual quality. Japanese visitors to this museum never seem to outgrow their affection for the Western dolls on display here, to which they tend to assign the role of timeless "ambassadors of good will" from other cultures. The museum is worth a quick visit, with or without a child in tow. It's just across from the southeast end of Yamashita Park, on the left side of the promenade.

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  • Address: 18 Yamashita-cho, Naka-ku, Yokohama, 231-0023 | Map It
  • Phone: 045/671-9361
  • Cost: ¥500
  • Hours: Daily 10--6; closed 3rd Mon. of month
  • Subway: JR Line, Ishikawa-cho Station; Minato Mirai Line, Motomachi-Chukagai Station.
  • Location: Yokohama
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