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Megane Museum

Have a hands-on experience at one of the world’s three best eyewear producers.

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Fukui Prefecture produces 95% of eyeglass frames made in Japan. Sabae City is especially known in the world for their precision technology and high quality. You can learn the ever-changing history of glasses over 100 years, try creating your own glasses in the workshop, or buy the latest model made in Fukui in the adjacent eyewear shop.

Sabae, Fukui’s eyewear production began in Meiji Period, when the father of domestic glasses, Masunaga Gozaemon invited an eyeglass maker from Osaka and promote it as a side business for farmers. Specialists for parts gradually increased and the whole town came to work as a big eyeglass factory. The museum shares how the glasses have changed from Edo through Showa Periods with displays. See the eyewear history and the development of technology up close.

The hands-on workshop lets you create your original frame. Choose a color and a shape for your plastic frame, cut, and file it into your one-in-the-world. You can also make your own keychain by combining colorful eyewear material, acetate, to your liking.

Highlights

  • Crafts at the hands-on workshop takes 1 - 7 hours. Reservation required.
  • Sabae’s original sweets available at the adjacent shop/cafe.

Photos

  • Learn the history of glasses at the museum

    Learn the history of glasses at the museum

  • A corner with celebrities’ glasses

    A corner with celebrities’ glasses

  • Try making your original frame at the hands-on workshop

    Try making your original frame at the hands-on workshop

  • The adjacent shop with abundant kinds of eyewear

    The adjacent shop with abundant kinds of eyewear

  • Megane Museum is in the Megane Hall where facilities related to eye-glasses converge

    Megane Museum is in the Megane Hall where facilities related to eye-glasses converge

Reviews

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  • 夏婉欣

    這兒~將此傳統製鏡技術加以收藏、保存,並提供在地優秀職人們展現成就哦讚

Details

Name in Japanese
めがねミュージアム
Postal Code
916-0042
Address
Megane Kaikan (Eyewear Museum): 2-3-4 Shinyokoe, Sabae City, Fukui
Telephone
0778-42-8311
Closed
Wednesdays (Open on holidays), the end of year, New Year’s Holidays
Hours
Megane Museum/Workshop 10am -5pm
(Eyewear shop until 7pm, cafe until 4pm)
Admission
Free (Crafts charge fees)
Directions
From Sabae Station, walk 10 min.
Credit Cards
Accepted
Official Website
Official Website