Reference/Local/Exhibition/Literature Museum Spots in Ogasawara Islands Area

  • Rose Memorial Museum
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    Tokyo Ogasawaramura Hahajima Moto
    A local folk history museum operating out of a restored Taisho period sugar storehouse made out of Ogasawara Ross stone. Ross stone is a stone material used for building; its name is derived from Frederick Rohlfs, a German man who resided on Hahajima Island at the end of the Edo period and who discovered the stone. Inside, the museum displays whaling tools used by early island residents, takonoha-zaiku screwpine leaf work dating to the Meiji period, and maps and old photographs which their everyday lives on the island were revealed. The historic building itself has been designated a Tangible Cultural Property by the Tokyo metropolitan government. The museum also holds classes which teach how to make takonoha-zaiku screwpine leaf work.

    ロース石というのがこの島にあって、それを使った産業をやっていたドイツ人がいたというのが、そもそもびっくり。 本土に強制移住させられたから、母島の産業は以前と全く変わってしまいましたが、このような施設がきちんと保存されて、公開されているということに、東京都の財力の凄さを感じました。 父島へ行ったら、母島へも行くべきだと思います。

  • Ogasawara Fishery Center
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    Tokyo Ogasawaramura Chichijima Kiyose
  • Ogasawara Heritage Center
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    Tokyo Ogasawaramura Chichijima Nishimachi

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