Former Nozaki Residence and Salt History Museum

photo by Asturio Cantabrio · CC BY-SA 4.0

photo by Tatushin · Public domain

The house of the ‘salt king’: 3,000 tsubo and six storehouses full of tools from the salt fields.

The complex covers about 3,000 tsubo (just under a hectare), with the main house, six kura (the traditional masonry storehouses, here converted into museum rooms) and several small teahouses scattered among the gardens. Inside the storehouses are the tools and documents of the salt production that made the family's fortune, together with everyday objects from the Edo period onwards.

Commissioned by Nozaki Takesaemon, who in the late Edo period reclaimed vast salt fields along the southern coast of Kojima, earning the nickname ‘builder of the salt kingdom’. It has been a national Important Cultural Property since 19 December 2006.

ℹ️ Open 9:00–16:30 (closes at 17:00). Closed on Mondays (the following day if it is a public holiday) and from 25 December to 1 January. Tickets: adults 500 yen, elementary/junior high school students 300 yen; 20% discount for groups of 30 people.

🚉 Kojima · 16 min walk

Sources: kurashiki-tabi.jp

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