TAKUMI Japanese Restaurant, Folk crafts of Tottori prefecture

In 1962, Yoshida opened TAKUMI Japanese Restaurant next to the museum and shop to offer local dishes served on mingei ceramic tableware. The idea was to give visitors the opportunity to learn about folk culture at the museum, experience it through dining at the restaurant, and then provide the chance to acquire their own pieces at the shop. Yoshida wanted visitors to not only appreciate pottery and ceramic wares on display at the museum, but to experience and enjoy such wares in their daily life -- hence giving it the name "Museum for Daily Living."