Bongara Shop

Bengala is a red pigment that was used for ceramics and architecture until the Taishō period, since it was first produced in Fukiya in the middle of the Edo period in Japan. You can tour the production process of Fukiya Bengala at the Museum of Materials, which is a restored Bengala factory from the Meiji period. In the adjacent ceramic theater, you can also experience painting of pottery using bengala (price from 1000 yen, April to November, Tuesday from 10 to 18 o'clock). Call: 090-5694-8746 to apply for the experience.

A local hall located in Fukiya Furusato Village, which has become a preservation area for important traditional buildings in the country. It uses a representative residence of a Fukiya merchant built in 1879 (Meiji 12). It is a two-story wife-in-house with a wife. The museum displays historical materials of life at the time.

In the first year of Benggala (1751), the residential house that also served as the government office of the Xijiang family, who had opened up the Motoyama mine, the cornerstone of high-quality benggala, and carried out the mass production of Loha and benggala, the raw material for benggala, was founded in 1705. There are a tower gate, a gozo, a handling hall, etc., and you can make a special tour (from 1650 yen) and experience with Bengala dyeing by booking.