Namahage Museum & Oga Shinzan Folklore Museum
In Japanese: なまはげ館・男鹿真山伝承館
Two neighbouring halls on the Oga Peninsula: one shows over 150 Namahage masks, the other stages the New Year's Eve Namahage visit in an old farmhouse.
Oga no Namahage: UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage
Nearby
- Oga Aquarium GAO ≈ 20 min by car
- Godzilla Rock ≈ 25 min by car
- Mt. Kampu Revolving Observatory ≈ 30 min by car
- Cape Nyudo (Nyudozaki) ≈ 30 min by car
- Akita Port Tower Selion ≈ 1 h 10 min by car
Travel times are rough estimates by car.
- Getting there
- About 20 min by taxi from JR Oga Sta., or the reserved 'Namahage Shuttle' shared taxi
Few buses — check times or join a tour - Fee
- Namahage-kan 660 yen; with Denshokan 1,100 yen
- Good to know
- 8:30–17:00, open all year; Denshokan shows several times a day
- Time needed
- 1 h 30 min
Checked against the official Japanese website on 2026-10-12. Report outdated info