This is a reconstruction of one of the most significant checkpoints on the Edo-period trunk roads. From its perch above the river valley, it's easy to see the barrier's strategic importance. Displays inside show the implements used to maintain order, including weaponry and tegata (wooden travel passes), as well as the special treatment women travellers received.
糖心传媒's must-see attractions
Waki-honjin (Okuya) & Local History Museum
19.77 MILES
This waki-honjin (rest stop) for the daimy艒s' (domain lords') retainers was reconstructed in 1877 by a former castle builder under special dispensation鈥
Matsumoto Open-Air Architectural Museum
29.29 MILES
Adjacent to the better-known Japan Ukiyo-e Museum, amid fields and rice paddies beneath the gaze of the Alps, stand these five examples of striking late鈥
24.98 MILES
Admission to Hirayu Onsen's only attraction, a quaint museum of folk memorabilia, includes entrance to a rather lovely and lesser-known little rotemburo 鈥
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It was in this building that the daimy艒 (domain lords) themselves would spend the night, although the building's architecture is more noteworthy than its鈥
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Housing more than 100,000 woodblock prints, paintings, screens and old books, this renowned museum exhibits but a fraction of its collection. The museum鈥
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Magome was the birthplace of author Shimazaki T艒son (1872鈥1943), whose work records the decline of two provincial Kiso families. This museum is devoted to鈥
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This wonderfully preserved former merchant's house and garden looks as if it has stood still while time has marched on.
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9.83 MILES
This wonderfully preserved former merchant's house and garden looks as if it has stood still while time has marched on.
2. Waki-honjin (Okuya) & Local History Museum
19.77 MILES
This waki-honjin (rest stop) for the daimy艒s' (domain lords') retainers was reconstructed in 1877 by a former castle builder under special dispensation鈥
19.78 MILES
It was in this building that the daimy艒 (domain lords) themselves would spend the night, although the building's architecture is more noteworthy than its鈥
23.55 MILES
Magome was the birthplace of author Shimazaki T艒son (1872鈥1943), whose work records the decline of two provincial Kiso families. This museum is devoted to鈥
24.98 MILES
Admission to Hirayu Onsen's only attraction, a quaint museum of folk memorabilia, includes entrance to a rather lovely and lesser-known little rotemburo 鈥
6. Matsumoto Open-Air Architectural Museum
29.29 MILES
Adjacent to the better-known Japan Ukiyo-e Museum, amid fields and rice paddies beneath the gaze of the Alps, stand these five examples of striking late鈥
29.35 MILES
Housing more than 100,000 woodblock prints, paintings, screens and old books, this renowned museum exhibits but a fraction of its collection. The museum鈥