Provide me with the names, addresses and other available information
to identify and locate bead societies, associations and/or museums in
Japan
In May 2003 my wife and I are going to Japan on vacation. My wife is a
bead lover and wants to meet people in Japan who also love beads and
are involved in beads.

Hello blackbeard355

I have not managed to find any information about bead societies in
Japan, but hopefully the information below will be useful to you and
your wife.

MUSEUMS

http://www.garasunosato.net/english/index.html
Garasu No Sato = Glass Village, near Hiroshima
The site includes a Beads Museum: ¡°Approx.200 items of traditional
costumes using beads are displayed here. Areas such as
Africa,Asia,Europe or various tribes show a wide variety of designs.¡±
http://www.garasunosato.net/english/look/bemuse.html
Travel directions: http://www.garasunosato.net/english/info/info.html
Email: tohokk2@pep.ne.jp 
(This site is run by the Toho Bead Company http://www.tohobeads.net/)

MUSEUM OF GLASS BEADS ART
4335-1, Matsukawamura, Kitaazumi-gun
Nagano 399-8501 Japan
Tel: 0261-62-8600
This is from a web site which lists Japanese museums that feature
glass.  It is the only one with a direct reference to beads.  The list
is at http://www.agc.co.jp/english/art/ga_00_low.html
However, as I surfed through various sites, I did note references
about individual bead makers having exhibited at the VENETIAN GLASS
MUSEUM IN OTARU:
Address: Sakai Machi 5-27 
Access: 25-min. walk from JR Otaru Station, 10 min. walk from JR
Minami Otaru Station, or 1-min. walk from Otaru Marine-go Bus "Kita
Ichi Glass Studio" Bus Stop.
Information: (0134)33-1717
http://www.piarc-sapporo2002.road.or.jp/en/sightseeing/sights-o.html


BEAD ARTISTS AND BEAD MAKERS

http://www.geocities.co.jp/Milano/4445//english/toppage.htm
Web site of eight women who make bead jewellery
They welcome email: joetsukiosumi@geocities.co.jp

http://www.beadsori.com/beadsori_Eng/classes.html
List of beadlooming classes all around Japan, organised by the 
Sako Takako Institute of Art Beads
5-8-15-102 Kitashinagawa Shinagawa-ku Tokyo, Japan 141-0001
TEL £º81-3£­3473£­3264¡¡£¯¡¡FAX £º 81-3-3473-3306
www.beadsori.com
info@beadsori.com

http://www1.harenet.ne.jp/~chika/eng/index.html
Chika Terai - Japanese beadwork artist 
http://www.beadjapan.net/english.html
Mariko Yamamoto - - Japanese beadwork artist

http://www.beadjapan.net/link_e.html ¨C Links to sites of other
beaders and bead-makers in Japan

Search strategy: 1. ¡°bead societies¡± Japan, 2. ¡°bead society,
Japan, 3. beads, museum, Japan, 4. ¡°Venetian glass¡± museum Japan  5.
beadwork, Japan

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Clarification of Answer by tehuti-ga on 23 Jan 2003 05:10 PST

Hmmm, the input process has mangled the contact numbers for Beadsori:
these should be tel: 81 3 3473 3264; fax 81 3 3473 3306

Well done in such a short time. Much appreciate your help.