Facilities Guide : Akita Municipal Junior College of Arts and Crafts

Every workshop in a specialized field is fully equipped with the facilities and equipment necessary to cope with even highly demanding creative requirements in creative activities.

Glass molding kiln room Glass & Ceramics Course (Glass) classes and creative works take place in this room that accommodates a glass fusing furnace, electric furnaces and other glass processing equipment.
Lacquer workshop Japanese Lacquer Course classes and creative works take place at this workshop that houses an autorotation bath and lacquer purification equipment.
Woodworking workshop Woodworking Course classes and creative works take place at this workshop, which houses circular and band saws, a planer and a molding machine.
Foundry workshop Metalworking Course (Casting) classes and creative works take place at this workshop, which houses metal casting-related equipment.
Weaving workshop Textile Course (Weaving) classes and creative works take place at this workshop, which houses a Swedish hand weaving machine.
Printing workshop This workshop is for creating printed artwork such as lithographs and silkscreen printing. A lithograph pressing machine and sensitizing and printing equipment are installed.
Computer room for production Fully equipped with computers and peripheral equipment, this room is accessible to students, except when it is used for a class, to allow them to engage in the production of works.
Stereoscopic workshop Classes and creative works of stereoscopic subjects take place at this workshop. Machines and equipment capable of the necessary cutting, grinding and painting for making models are in place.
College Library The library owns over 30,000 books, as well as various up-to-date information sources such as video software, newspapers and magazines. The library also offers a full range of functions such as AV corners and separate reading rooms.
Rest House The rest house is equipped with a cafeteria, student hall, lounge and bulletin boards. It also has a shop that deals with course materials and tools necessary for class activities and daily necessities.
College Extension Center (Nickname: Atelier Momosada) The College aims to be open to the local community and to promote exchange with local residents. To this end, the three wings of the former national rice storehouses now being used as college facilities are left open to the general public. The wings serve as a venue for extension courses in such as weaving, glass crafts and computers for citizens. The atelier can also be used as a concert and exhibition hall and for various other purposes. In April 2005, an exhibition room was inaugurated at the College Extension Center. Domestic and overseas first-class works in design and craft arts will be displayed along with excellent graduation and term-end works of students.