Namahage Museum
A stone museum holding more than 150 Namahage masks actually used in Oga's villages.
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Namahage Museum
SaveA stone museum holding more than 150 Namahage masks actually used in Oga's villages.
A film shows Oga's New Year's Eve Namahage rite, and the world's only mask carver works here on some days.
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- ElevatorElevator：none
- Stroller OKStroller friendly：with conditionsconditions
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- NursingNursing space：none
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- Diaper binDiaper disposal bin：not checked
- Family WCFamily restroom：with conditionsconditions
- Kids' toiletKids' toilet seat & step stool：not checked
- Own foodOutside food allowed：not checked
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Japanese · opens translatedFirst-hand
Meeting the namahage at Oga Shinzan Denshokan: where the custom comes from and what they carry
Shoes off, you sit on the tatami by the hearth; the namahage stamps, then reads out the household's list of misdeeds.
plus.rurubu.jp2025
Japanese · opens translatedFirst-hand
The gods that pick on children: the namahage rite, Oga Peninsula
13 shows a day April to November, 20 minutes each. In the tatami hearth room the namahage finds the child who hides.
4travel.jp2023
Japanese · opens translatedOfficial
Oga Peninsula shared taxi: the Namahage Shuttle
A booked shared taxi links Oga Station with the Mayama area: the museum, the Denshokan and the shrine. Runs all year.
oganavi.com2026
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- Fee：Namahage Museum ¥660, ¥330 for primary, junior-high and high-school students; groups of 15 or more ¥590 and ¥260. A combined ticket with the Oga Shinzan Denshokan next door is ¥1,100 and ¥660, with group rates of ¥1,000/¥530 for 15 or more and ¥900/¥450 for 30 or more. Credit cards and electronic money are accepted for admission and in the shop. Showing an Akita Kosodate Fureai Card as a family gets 5% off in the shop, with some items excluded.■■
- Hours：The museum is open 8:30-17:00 all year with no closing days, and the film 'A Night of the Namahage' runs every 30 minutes from 8:30 to 16:30. The performance next door keeps its own timetable: from April to November there are 13 sittings a day at 9:00, 9:30, 10:00, 10:30, 11:00, 11:30, 13:30, 14:00, 14:30, 15:00, 15:30, 16:00 and 16:30, and from December to March only six, at 9:30, 10:30, 11:30, 13:30, 14:30 and 15:30. Nothing runs between 11:30 and 13:30. On 31 December, 10:00, 11:00, 14:00 and 15:00 are added, and on 1-2 January, 9:00, 10:00, 11:00, 14:00 and 15:00.■■
- Time needed：30 min
- Booking：Nothing to book for the museum itself. The performance next door at the Oga Shinzan Denshokan runs to a timetable and the hall has a fixed capacity, so it can be full: individuals do not need to book, but you can reserve by phone (0185-22-5050) up to the day before. Groups of 15 or more must book in advance, and with two days' notice a group of 15 or more can be given a slot outside the published times. The official site publishes a month-by-month chart of how full each slot is, marked as a guide rather than a guarantee.■■Official booking site ↗
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- akita-tourism.com: Stroller friendly, Nursing space, Family restroom
- Public agency: Official family-friendly certification
- Official: main site
More than 150 masks, each one actually worn in a village around Oga, fill the walls of the exhibition hall. The building is faced in stone quarried at Mount Kanpu, and took its present form in 2013. In the Hall of Mystery, dugout canoes and other tools set out the landscape that produced the Namahage. A film in the next hall shows Oga's New Year's Eve rite on a loop. The world's only Namahage mask carver works here on some days, cutting a face out of wood.
| Stroller friendly | Yes | Inside the museum the floors are all level. The entrance has steps and a 5-degree ramp beside them, and two automatic sliding doors 190cm and 187cm wide, usually left open in summer; the shop door is 120cm and its narrowest aisle 130cm. There is no stroller to borrow. The passage from the museum's exit to the Denshokan next door slopes slightly but has no steps - though the Denshokan itself is an old farmhouse with a step at the door and tatami inside, reached by a ramp at the back. | Web-checked | checked Aug ’26 | akita-tourism.com |
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| Diaper changing table | Not checked yet | ||||
| Nursing space | No | The prefectural tourism federation's accessibility survey marks the nursing room as absent, and no official page mentions one. | Web-checked | checked Aug ’26 | akita-tourism.com |
| Family restroom | Yes (1) | One wheelchair-accessible toilet inside the 1st-floor exhibition hall: a manual sliding door 97cm wide, 205cm by 192cm inside, fixed U- and L-shaped handrails, an emergency call button, a small bin and a baby chair. The men's and women's toilets are in the same hall. | Web-checked | checked Aug ’26 | akita-tourism.com |
| Diaper disposal bin | Not checked yet | ||||
| Kids' toilet seat & step stool | Not checked yet | ||||
| Elevator | No | No lift, and the floors inside are all level. | Web-checked | checked Aug ’26 | akita-tourism.com |
| English support | English menu & signs | Pamphlets in English, Traditional and Simplified Chinese and Korean. The official site runs in the same five languages. | Web-checked | checked Aug ’26 | akita-tourism.com |
| Outside food allowed | Not checked yet | ||||
| Indoor / outdoor | Not checked yet | ||||
| Steps & slope caution | Barrier-free | Inside the museum the floors are all level, and the entrance has a 5-degree ramp beside its steps. Two things to watch outside it: getting from the disabled parking bays in car park 2 to the building means crossing a sloping road, though the traffic is light; and the Denshokan next door is an old farmhouse, with a step at its entrance and tatami inside, reached by a ramp round the back that lets a wheelchair get to the wooden floor. Chairs are lent to older visitors whose knees give them trouble. | Web-checked | checked Aug ’26 | akita-tourism.com |
| Child switch (rider swap) | Not checked yet | ||||
| Stroller access notesExtra info — guide only | Yes | Parking is free, with 250 spaces for cars and 11 for large coaches. The disabled bays are in car park 2, across the road from the museum, and the way over crosses a sloping street. Three self-propelled wheelchairs and umbrellas are lent free of charge. | Web-checked | checked Aug ’26 | akita-tourism.com |
| Official family-friendly certificationExtra info — guide only | Yes | Registered with Akita Prefecture's Kosodate Fureai Card scheme: families showing the card get 5% off in the shop, some items excluded. | Web-checked | checked Aug ’26 | common3.pref.akita.lg.jp |
| Best-fit ages (guide)Extra info — guide only | Not checked yet | ||||
| Crowding (guide)Extra info — guide only | Not checked yet | ||||
| Quietness (guide)Extra info — guide only | Not checked yet | ||||
| Lost-child supportExtra info — guide only | Not checked yet |
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Indoor / outdoor, Child switch (rider swap), Best-fit ages (guide), Crowding (guide), Quietness (guide), Lost-child support