百済寺(湖東三山・国史跡)

It is an essential facility for Gotonso sightseeing. First of all, let's visit here and work out a plan to walk through Gotonso. There are also goods stores such as Libeokaki 300 yen and sesame senbei 350 yen, as well as goods from the city of Higashi-Omi.

Omi merchant who hawked around the country with a body stick over his shoulder. The city of Higashi-Omi produced many Omi merchants during the Edo period. The museum will introduce the commercial law, education, school training, and art of the Omi merchant using images and models. In addition, there is also a corner where you can experience the weight of a pedestrian trip, a shop, and a body stick, a thousand boxes, and a back-to-back furoshiki. The Nakaji Merido Memorial Hall displays works by Japanese painter Nakaji Merito, who has been painting the original landscape of the lake country for the rest of his life.

It was the birthplace of the Omi merchants and a town that flourished as a base for the Gotanso merchants who were active in the Middle Ages. The four surviving Omi merchant houses are open to the public, and the town of the Kindo district, where many of the walls of the wooden board and white walls remain, is a valuable one that has been selected as a national important traditional buildings preservation area and is also certified as a Japanese heritage site.