The Samogitian-Japanese Homestead Museum of Alfredas Jonušas

Contacts
Address: Muziejaus g. 88, LT-87381, Telšiai.
Tel.: (+370 ~ 444) 70 763, (+370 ~ 444) 51 367.

About the Museum
Craftsman and jeweler Alfredas Jonušas is founder of the museum and the Japanese Association. He himself conceived and designed the Island of the Oriental Sun: Japanese-Samogitian Homestead Museum. Visitors may enjoy views of a model of the oldest “Horuji pagoda” (Buddhist temple), a copy of the “Okame” mask which belonged to the aristocratic “Nor” theatre, and scenic views of the “Kabuki” traditional Japanese theatre. The most popular symbols of Japanese culture are also presented, such as the teahouse at the base of Mount Fuji and Buddha sculptures.
An exhibition in memory of the artist’s father, Pranas Jonušas, a self-educated mechanic, has been set up in the former hunting cabin. Part of this exhibition is dedicated to the “Dievo Krėslas,” political dissidents who hid in this forest.
Museum guests may also get acquainted with amber treatment techniques and traditions.