Miharu Town Historical Folklore Museum

Miharu Town Historical Folklore Museum

Info

JR Miharu Station → 5 minutes by Municipal Bus Sakura, Bus Stop: Miharu Town Hall, 3 minutes on foot
4km 15 minutes from Banetsu Road Funabiki Miharu IC via National Route 288
20 units

Business Hours

9:00 to 16:30 (entry is ~ 16:00)

Price

Entrance 300 yen (there is change when special exhibition is held)

Spot Category

Museums・Science Museums・Archives


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Seongshan Park

A stretch of Mt. Oshita at an altitude of 410m is the site of Miharu Castle. In the first year of Eishō (1504), it is said to have been built by the Sengoku daimyōda Yoshiaki [Yoshiaki]. During the Edo period, it became the residence of the Akita clan of the Miharu Domain, but the building was demolished after the Meiji Restoration. The Honmaru remains as a park. The front gate of the former Sanchun Domain Shinsho was relocated down the park, and is now used as the school gate of Sanchun Elementary School.

Fukuju Temple

During the Muromachi period, Mr. Tamura's Yoshiaki, Takaaki, and Kiyoaki, who set up a place in Miharu and grew their power to create a castle town in Miharu, were called "Tamura Sanyo", this three-generation tomb is located at Fukuju-ji Temple in Gomen-cho. The main statue is a Kamakura-style sitting statue of Shakya, and a wooden eleven-faced statue of Kannon is enshrined in the Kannon-do. In addition, Benishida lezakura (red-weeping cherry tree) is one of the cherry blossom attractions in the town, and you can see the beauty of spreading its wings around mid-April.

Sanchun Shoshingdo

They sell a variety of Japanese sweets, including the specialty Otarimanju, which is made from local miso and soy sauce. Two kinds of anko and soy sauce, Hanami Dango 500 yen (plus tax), are also popular.

Matsumoto family

Founded in Bunsei 2 (1819). It sells handmade amudokan made by the old-fashioned method, using a selection of red beans from Hokkaido. Mizukan costs 5 bottles from 970 yen, and Yushana yokan costs from 5 bottles from 720 yen. If you stay at Higashiyama Onsen, it is a classic for locals to buy a yokan from the Matsumoto family and go home.

Tenyon Temple

The grave of Isamu Kondo stands in the name of Shinseigumi's efforts to take over Ichichinaka under the guardian of Kyoto, Japan. It is said that his remains and bones are stored in the grave. It was built by the Aizu clan, by Tozo Hijikata, who wished the feudal lord, Koho. A memorial monument with Hijikata's command name stands next to it.

Seongshan Park

There are 80 kinds of trees, including cherry blossoms and azaleas, and you can enjoy each season.

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