Five minute drive from Tsuruoka Park in the direction of Haguro Town, this cultural facility is in the Dewashonai International Forum, the centre of Tsuruoka’s grassroots international exchanges. There is an exhibition of around 10,000 articles of ethnic material from the Amazon collected by Mr Yoshihiko Yamaguchi, a resident of Tsuruoka.

8-32 Isehara-machi, Tsuruoka City TEL 0235-25-3600 [Open hours] 9.00-17.00 [Days not open] Mondays, 29/Dec to 3/Jan, 15/Feb to 28/Feb [Entry Fees/ ￥] Adults: 500, Senior high school / University students: 300, Junior high/Primary school students: 200 [Access] From Tsuruoka Station, 10 minutes by bus on the Haguro route to Dewashonai International Forum (Dewashonai Kokusai mura) stop