{"id":168473,"date":"2025-01-24T10:31:13","date_gmt":"2025-01-24T01:31:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/?post_type=event&#038;p=168473&#038;lang=en"},"modified":"2025-03-11T09:13:21","modified_gmt":"2025-03-11T00:13:21","slug":"folk-implements-2025","status":"publish","type":"event","link":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/event\/folk-implements-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Folk Implements &#8211; Designs in Everyday Life, Design for Life"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Folk implements&#8221; are tools made from natural materials found in daily life and have been used for everyday purposes. Among these, items recognized for their beauty are known as &#8220;Mingei&#8221; (democratic crafts). This exhibition showcases a selection of folk implements from the Fukuoka City Museum&#8217;s collection. In a time when most traditional tools have been replaced by mass-produced items, the display offers a rare glimpse into tools infused with practical wisdom, such as patched workwear, baskets for catching river crabs, and unglazed clay heaters for warming hands and feet. A must-see for those interested in the ingenuity of daily life in the past.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-168463\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/fn_folk-implements_2025_cl.jpg?resize=1400%2C1268&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Folk Implements - Designs in Everyday Life, Design for Life\" width=\"1400\" height=\"1268\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/fn_folk-implements_2025_cl.jpg?w=1400&amp;ssl=1 1400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/fn_folk-implements_2025_cl.jpg?resize=300%2C272&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/fn_folk-implements_2025_cl.jpg?resize=1024%2C927&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/fn_folk-implements_2025_cl.jpg?resize=768%2C696&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><br \/>\nHagitojin (patched workwear) &#8211; Tsutsu, Izuhara Town, Tsushima City, Nagasaki<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 1\/5 (Sun.) ~ 4\/13 (Sun.)<br \/>\n\u2022 9:30~17:30 (last entry 17:00)<br \/>\n\u2022 Closed: Mon. (open if Mon. is a hol. and closed next day)<br \/>\n\u2022 \u00a5200, HS and college student: \u00a5150, JHS and under: free<br \/>\n\u2022 Fukuoka City Museum<br \/>\n\u2022 <a href=\"https:\/\/goo.gl\/maps\/CfSaic3hBioSbEuL6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">3-1-1 Momochihama, Sawara-ku, Fukuoka<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 <a href=\"https:\/\/museum.city.fukuoka.jp\/exhibition\/617\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/museum.city.fukuoka.jp\/exhibition\/617\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Folk implements&#8221; are tools made from natural materials found in daily life and have been used for everyday purposes&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29305,"featured_media":168463,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[],"class_list":["post-168473","event","type-event","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","location-momochi-nishijin","event-type-culture","event-type-exhibition","en-US"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event\/168473","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/event"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/29305"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=168473"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/168463"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=168473"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=168473"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}