Chidō Museum

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photo by ひきこもりたい from Japan. · CC BY-SA 2.1 jp

Its garden, a national Place of Scenic Beauty, looks onto the Sakai family house.

The complex brings together Meiji buildings moved from all over the Shōnai region: the former Nishitagawa District Office (1881, designated in 1972) and the former Shibuya house (1822, moved in 1965), both Important Cultural Properties, together with the former Tsuruoka police headquarters (designated in 2009). The oku-zashiki (back drawing room) looks onto the shoin garden, of old design, designated a national Place of Scenic Beauty.

Museum founded in 1950, when Sakai Tadanaga, a descendant of the family that ruled the Shōnai domain, donated land and buildings to establish it; opened to the public in 1952. The name ‘Chidō’ comes from the motto of the domain's Confucian school, the Chidōkan.

ℹ️ Open 9:00–17:00 (March–November), 9:00–16:30 (December–February); closed on Wednesdays and from 28 December to 4 January. Entry 1,000 yen adults, 400 yen university and high school students, 300 yen elementary and junior high school students.

🚉 Tsuruoka · 33 min walk

Sources: chido.jp · ja.wikipedia.org

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