Saku Municipal Mochizuki Historical and Folk Materials

Saku Municipal Mochizuki Historical and Folk Materials

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JR Sakudaira Station → Chikuma Bus 30 minutes bound for Mochizuki Ashida, bus stop: Mochizuki off, short walk
14km30 minutes from Saku IC on Joshinetsu Road via Prefectural Road 44
10 cars

Business Hours

9 to 17 o'clock

Price

Entrance 310 yen (common ticket with Tenki Memorial Hall 520 yen)

Spot Category

Museum, Science and Materials


Located at the site of the Mochizuki main team on the Nakasendo

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Kōtoku-ji Temple

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Myokaku-ji Temple

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Hakusan Shrine

Natural wood of cypress and cedar thrives on the grounds. The four shrines (important cultural property) of Kumano, Izu, Hakusan, and Zao, which are about 1m away from the side where the bills of the first year of Kenbu (1334) remain inside the Okiya in Ishigaki (Oiya). All of them are considered to be the oldest Kamakura architecture in Nagano Prefecture, which is characterized by the roof of Ichikensha style cypress skin. The entrance with the inscription of 1439 was left behind, indicating that it was the center of the culture of Kiso Valley.

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