National Crafts Museum in Japanese — 国立工芸館
National Crafts Museum is a museum in Kanazawa, Ishikawa Prefecture. Written in Japanese it is 国立工芸館, read こくりつこうげいかん. Below is everything you need to get a taxi there: the characters to show, the reading, and a card you can print or keep on your phone.
Kanji
国立工芸館
| Kana | こくりつこうげいかん |
|---|---|
| Romaji | Kokuritsukōgeikan |
| English | National Crafts Museum |
| Category | Museums & galleries |
| Location | Kanazawa, Ishikawa Prefecture 金沢市 |
How to ask for it in a taxi
- Show the driver: 国立工芸館
- Then point and say: ここまでお願いします (koko made onegai shimasu) — "please take me here".
- If asked which area: 金沢市, 石川県.
- On arrival: 領収書をください (ryōshūsho o kudasai) — "please give me a receipt".
Museums are frequently inside a larger park or cultural complex that shares its name with several other buildings. The kanji plus the ward name is what tells a driver which entrance to pull up at.
Nearby places of the same kind
- 名古屋市美術館 — Nagoya City Art Museum, Sakae 2-chōme
- 澄懐堂美術館 — Chōkaidō Museum, Yokkaichi
- 国立国際美術館 — National Museum of Art, Osaka, Kita-ku
- 東京都美術館 — Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum, Ueno-kōen
- 東京国立博物館 — Tokyo National Museum, Ueno-kōen
Frequently asked questions
How do you read 国立工芸館?
国立工芸館 is read こくりつこうげいかん, romanised Kokuritsukōgeikan. English-language sources usually write it National Crafts Museum. The kanji is what a taxi driver reads; the reading is only there so you know what you are handing over.
How do I show National Crafts Museum to a taxi driver in Japan?
Do not try to pronounce it. Show the driver the Japanese characters 国立工芸館 together with the sentence ここまでお願いします ("please take me here"). Use the button on this page to build a card with both, then save it to your phone or print it — it works with no mobile signal.
Do I also need the address for National Crafts Museum?
For a well-known museum the name is usually enough, but adding 住所 (the address) removes all doubt, especially where several places share a name. This museum is in Kanazawa, Ishikawa Prefecture; open the map link on this page to copy the exact address before you travel.