It opened on 1 November 2009 in Asakusa, Tokyo, not too far from Ueno Park, where multiple other museums are located.

"Wasteful"), was based on the environmental and social activism of Nobel Peace Prize winner Wangari Maathai.

A bar was located on the sixth floor of the museum building offering drinks snack items.

[12][13] Cloth culture is at the heart of this presentation of the handicraft of nameless artisans and ordinary women, the exhibit has been featured in media such as NHK's Bi no Tsubo (美の壷, lit.

[16] The motifs found in the Boro exhibit inspired fashion designers such as Louis Vuitton, Hiroyuki Horihata, Makiko Sekiguchi, Joseph Altuzarra, and Junya Watanabe.