Schools in Japan

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Kyoto Institute of Traditional Crafts (TASK)

京都伝統工芸大学校 (Kyoto Institute of Traditional Crafts)

The website of Kyoto Institute of Traditional Crafts (TASK) Visit the website · task.ac.jp ↗

In short

Kyoto Institute of Traditional Crafts (TASK) is a vocational school of the Nihonmatsu Gakuin educational foundation in Sonobe, Nantan, Kyoto Prefecture. Its Department of Traditional Crafts has a crafts course, a crafts creator course and a cultural properties course over four years, and the crafts course can also be taken in three or two years. Students choose among ten majors: urushi lacquer, maki-e, ceramics, wood carving, Buddhist sculpture, woodworking, metalwork, bamboo craft, Kyoto hand-painted yūzen and washi paper craft; the cultural properties course is limited to wood carving, Buddhist sculpture, lacquer and maki-e.

Where
Nantan, Japan
Crafts
Fine craftsmanship · Ceramics and porcelain · Furniture and design
Website
task.ac.jp
Source
School website · checked on 25/10/2026

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