Once upon a time Shimotsui Kaifune Ekiya

Once upon a time Shimotsui Kaifune Ekiya

Info

  • Address:
  • 1-7-23 Shimotsui, Kurashiki, Okayama
  • Public Transportation:  
JR Kojima Station → Shimotsui Bus/Shimotsui Cyclic Bus 20 minutes by Tokotai, bus stop: Once upon a time Shimotsui Kaisenaiya front, short walk
  • Car Access:  
4km 10 minutes from Seto Chuo-do Kojima IC via Prefectural Road 393
  • Phone Number:  
  • 086-479-7890
  • Parking Number:  
32 units/2 locations (13 units for the first (back of the main building) + 2 units for the disabled, 15 units for the second (under Gion Shrine), 2 large buses)

Business Hours

9 to 17 o'clock (entry until 16:30)

Price

Free entry

Spot Category

Museums・Science Museums・Archives


Around the main building entrance


Models of the Kitamae ship that entered and exited the port are also exhibited

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Of the three routes of the Honshu-Shikoku cross-country bridge, the first road railway combined bridge was completed in 1988. The upper section is the Seto Chūdo, and the lower section is the JR Setohashibashi Line. The six bridges that connect Kojima to Sakade, which travel through Hitsuishi Island, Iwaguro Island, Hasa Island, Yoshima, and Mitsuko Island are the Shimotsui Setodai Bridge (suspension bridge), the twin bridge of the Takaishi Island Bridge and Iwaguro Island Bridge (both cable-stayed bridge), the Yoshima Bridge (truss bridge), the Kitabisan Seto Bridge, and the Nanabisan Seto Bridge (both suspension bridges). The construction period is nine years and six months, with a total cost of 1,133.8 billion yen. The total length of 12.3km, of which the marine area is 9.4km. If you want to cross the bus by bus, you can transfer from Kojima Station to Yoshima via the Shimoda Bus Yoshima Daini parking lot, and the Kotosan bus runs between Yoshima and Sakaide stations.

The streets of Shimotsui

It still retains the texture of the port town, which was visited by Kitamae ships during the Edo period and was crowded with travelers from Sanuki Kinbilla. Along the old highway from Gion Shrine, which has been worshiped as a guardian god of the sea, to Fukiage Fishing Port, is designated as a town-line preservation area, including the former Shimotsui Kaisenaiya, which has restored the building of Kaisenaiya, a herring storehouse on the wall and a merchant house with lattice windows, you can see the image of the past time on the tamagaki. It is the stage of the animated film "Hirune Hime" released in March 2017, and is attracting attention.

Gion Shrine

A shrine with an exquisite view that sits on a hill overlooking the town line of Shimotsui. From the precincts, you can see the Seto-Ohashi Bridge and the islands, and it is also used as a location for movies and dramas. There are also many monuments that chant the historical landscape of Setouchi, and it is also listed in the Japanese Heritage Site as a port of call for Kitamae.

Sato Yuma-do

A long-established Japanese confectionery that lasts about 180 years. It is said to have been presented to Toyotomi Hideyoshi, and the traditional taste, Yagake Yuzubeshi, is 378 yen per bottle. It has a faint Yuzu flavor. The whole yuzu, which is made by holing out the contents of yuzu and stuffed with yuzu, is 1000 yen ~. All are handmade by the recipe of the family.

The Local Art Museum

The Machiya-style museum, which uses Akamatsu and is built with traditional construction methods. "Shunsui" [Harumi] "Gaka Uta" [Gano Uta], Western painter Kazuaki Sato [Sato no Isho] "Fog Morning", it displays works such as "Mount Komagatake" and local materials related to the post town. The 16m high water museum is a symbol of the museum, and you can see the town from the top floor. Take 30 minutes.

Former Yagake Waki Honjin Takakusa House

Located about 400m east of the old Yakage Honjin. The Takakusa family, who amassed wealth through the financial industry, was designated as a secondary inn to the Honjin in the late Edo period. It is said that the family’s retainers stayed there, and behind the house with its lattice windows are a tea room and a row of white-walled storehouses. *The "Taka" in Takakusa is officially pronounced "hashigodaka."

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