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Match: As a Magical Fire Starting Tool and as a Modern Label
Tobacco & Salt Museum
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Between 1890–1910, Japan was the world’s leading exporter of matches. Japanese companies attempted to imitate Western company’s matchboxes during this time while also adding original designs that featured traditional Japanese motifs. Collecting these matchboxes became a popular craze. This exhibition traces transformations in the culture of matches and smoking through objects, artworks, documents, and photographs. It offers a look at the workings of domestic match producers and includes displays of exported matchbox labels from the Taisho era and those used in ads in the early Showa period.
Schedule | May 25 (Sat) 2019-Jul 7 (Sun) 2019 Opening Hours Information
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| Fee | Adults and University Students ¥300; High School, Junior High and Elementary School Students, Seniors 65 & Over ¥100. Special Exhibition Fees may be charged separately. | ||||
| Venue | Tobacco & Salt Museum https://www.tabashio.jp/en/index.html  | ||||
| Location | 1-16-3 Yokokawa, Sumida-ku, Tokyo 130-0003 | ||||
| Access | 8 minute walk from Tokyo Skytree Station on the Tobu Skytree line. 10 minute walk from exit A2 at Honjo-azumabashi Station on the Toei Asakusa line. 12 minute walk from Oshiage (Skytree) Station on the Hanzomon, Toei Asakusa, Keisei or Tobu Skytree line. | ||||
| Phone | 03-3622-8801 | ||||
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