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Omi Merchant Museum, Zhongji Merchant Memorial Hall, Higashi-Omi City
Exhibition commentary on Omi merchant in an easy-to-understand manner
Omi Merchant Museum, Zhongji Merchant Memorial Hall, Higashi-Omi City
The Zhongji Rin Memorial Hall, where the scenery of the lake country depicting the rich nature
Omi Merchant Museum, Zhongji Merchant Memorial Hall, Higashi-Omi City
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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.
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.
During the early Showa era, the main house of the Sannakai clan, who operated more than 20 department stores in places such as the Korean Peninsula and the Chinese continent, was credited as the "department store king". There is a two-story wooden main house, a storehouse and a garden on a site of about 1000 square meters. The storehouse displays Obata dolls and clay figures from all over the country.
Standing in a quiet mountain area overlooking the Takataka River, there is a statue of the Eleanji Guanyin (Important Cultural Property), which has a striking neat face of fine eyes and thin lips. The work of the Heian period. It is introduced in the novel "Hoshito no Matsuri" by Yasushi Inoue as "Guanyin-sama, modeled on the figure of a princess maiden." it is necessary to contact the Okubiwa Tourism Association in advance for viewing.
It was founded by Prince Shotoku and later re-founded by Isakenjin. The jōjō nakatoki [Nakatoki] and the tombs of the vassals (historical sites), which were self-bladed with the fall of the Kamakura shogunate, are located in the precincts, and the "Rukura [Rokuhara] North-South Pagebook" (Important Cultural Property), which bears their names, also remains. Also enshrined is the Jizo of "Bōba no Chutaro", famous for his "Mother of the Pyelid" by Shinsaku Hasegawa.
The Bodaiji temple of the Ii family, which was moved from Yōshu Iitani, and is famous for its famous gardens, including the "Fudaraku no Yard" of Karesansui with 48 stones placed on white sand.
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