Nature in the Satoyama: The Kiyose Insect Exhibition
Exhibition Overview Event Dates: Sunday, September 27, 2026, through Sunday, November 1, 2026 Closed on Mondays; if Monday is a holiday, closed on the following Tuesday Event Hours: 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. (Last admission at 4:30 p.m.) Venue: Local History Museum, 2nd Floor Gallery Although Kiyose City is located close to the heart of Tokyo, it still retains a great deal of natural “satoyama” landscape, which is home to a wide variety of insects. This special exhibition will showcase Kiyose’s insects and their environment, featuring insect specimens donated to the museum and rare photographs of insects taken by the Kiyose Nature Conservation Society. Yellow-legged Hornet vs. Centipede (Courtesy of […]
40th Themed Exhibition: “Commemorating City-Designated Cultural Properties: Edo-Period Kiyose Revived Through Archaeological Excavations—The Unknown World of the Hatamoto Jinya”
From Sunday, June 7, 2026, through Sunday, July 26, 2026 *Closed on Mondays (If Monday is a holiday, the museum will be closed on Tuesday). Hours The event will be held from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Local History Museum: First-Floor Exhibition Hall Contents Artifacts excavated from the residence of the Ota clan—a hatamoto family from the early Edo period—at the Shimosuku Uchiyama Site (3-chome, Shimosuku, Kiyose City) have been designated as municipal cultural properties. These artifacts are extremely valuable as they represent a rare example of a hatamoto residence from the early Edo period.To commemorate the designation of these artifacts, this exhibition will feature ceramics unearthed from the Ota […]