Museum / Science Museum Spots in Kisoji Area

  • Komagane Silk Museum
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    4.0
    16 Reviews
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    Nagano Pref. Komaganeshi Higashina 482
    "This silkworm and silk museum is located in Komagane City, Nagano Prefecture. In the permanent exhibition on the first floor, they exhibit the history of silk and the process of weaving raw silk. In addition, there is an experiential workshop where you can come into contact with silk, and you can have various experiences such as ""cocoon crafts."" On the second floor, there is a museum shop, all-you-can-eat restaurant and other facilities, making it a place to enjoy yourself all day long."

    孫娘たちと駒ヶ根に行った折に立ち寄った。久しぶりに繭を見た。孫娘たちは、はしゃぎながら創作に取り組んでいた。

  • Niekawa Sekisho
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    3.5
    12 Reviews
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    Nagano Shiojiri-shi Niekawa 1568-1
    A five-minute walk from Niekawa Station on the JR Chuo Main Line. Standing at the northern entrance to the section of the Nakasendo Road known as the Kisoji road, this ancient checkpoint barrier was built as a substation of the Fukushima Sekisho, considered one of the three most important checkpoint barriers in Japan. Before it was demolished in the early Meiji period, the barrier was used as a guardhouse to monitor the comings and goings of people and property on the Nakasendo Road, and to control the movement of runaway wives and shipments of unfinished lumber. The barrier was rebuilt on land owned by JR based on a large number of documents; even the layout and plot size have been faithfully recreated. Inside, visitors can view exhibits on the barrier as well as pottery and stone tools dating to the Jomon period discovered as part of archeological excavations in the Kiso area.

    開館前に到着したが、親切に案内解説してくれて感激しました。岩倉具視の恋文?など、当時の位ある者はやたら女に声掛けた話は「さもありなん」。ただ期待していた 周辺遺跡の考古資料の展示は人気が無い?早々に撤去されたのは残念でした。その手の情報は無く、臨時休業なども管理者が独断で決めている?又、電車の本数がやたら少なく中山道歩くには程よいが一般旅行者には「二度とくるな」扱い(日本中JRは縮小して車以外は不...

  • Shiojiri City Hiraide Historical Museum
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    4.0
    8 Reviews
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    Nagano Shiojiri-shi Soga 1011-3
    A museum situated along the scenic Shinonome no Michi road a 10-minute drive from the Shiojiri Interchange on the Nagano Expressway. Hiraide is the location of the Hiraide ruins, one of Japan's three largest archeological sites, and this museum primarily displays around 20 thousand pottery and stone tools excavated at the site dating to between the Jomon period and the Heian period. Some of the objects on display are extremely valuable and rare, such as the Prefectural Treasure-designated Shibamiya Dotaku bell; and the Shobusawa Gato spire, Japan's largest at 232 centimeters tall. The museum also holds events which enable participants to experience what life was like for Japan's ancient peoples, such as fire starting, pottery making, and magatama comma-shaped stone jewel making classes. The museum has designed the events to enable children to experience the wonders of ancient times, as well.

    こちらの展示は 館内と屋外に分かれており 展示物が種々ありますが 最も印象に残ったのは 館内の展示物として《菖蒲沢瓦塔 奈良時代 高さ232cm 全国に残る瓦塔では 高さNO.1 とのこと》、屋外では《登り窯 奈良時代》でした。《登り窯》も 全国あちこちで鑑賞したことありましたが [奈良時代]の《登り窯》となると 非常に珍しいのではないでしょうか。なお こちらは 公共交通を利用して 訪問出来ない場...

  • Shiojiri City Museum of Natural History
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    3.5
    4 Reviews
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    Nagano Shiojiri-shi Shiojirimachi 1090
    A seven-minute taxi ride from Shiojiri Station on the JR Chuo Main Line. A fun and educational destination for adults and children alike, this museum has a variety of exhibits on the natural world, animals, and insects, and also hold special seasonal exhibitions. The museum's nature watching events, held throughout the year, enable participants to see seasonal plants and animals in the wild, including the wilderness of Kamikochi and waterfowl on the Saigawa Swan Lake. The museum holds five special exhibitions a year as well as plant painting exhibitions, insect specimen exhibitions, and a variety of events. The museum shop's cardboard 3D insect puzzles are particularly popular.

    道の駅でトイレ休憩しようと思い、駐車場に入ると、、、。何と、博物館のような施設が。塩尻市立自然博物館と書かれている。時間的にも余裕があったので、入館。入口横には妖怪あまびえの像が。館内は、高ボッチ高原などの動物・植物の紹介展示となっている。特に、蝶の標本が多く展示されている。キジ・鹿のはく製展示は今にも動き出しそう。地下には、翌日からの特別展示(野鳥の切り絵)の準備が進んでいた。

  • Postal Museum
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    Nagano Pref. Kisogunnagisomachi Aduma 2197-5
    This historical museum is located in Nagiso Town, Kiso County, Nagano Prefecture, and adjoins the Tsumago Post Office, which is still in use today. Tsumago Post Office was featured in Toson Shimazaki’s “Before the Dawn,” and was restored under the guidance of the current Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications in fiscal year 1978. It has Japan’s only black mail box modeled after that in use when the post office first opened. Inside you can find Japan’s first stamp, the actual marks used before the current postal mark, correspondence from Toson Shimazaki’s older brother and niece, and other items for a total of approximately 270 articles being stored and exhibited.
  • Kiso Lacquerware Museum
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    3.5
    3 Reviews
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    Nagano Shiojiri-shi Kisohirasawa 2324-150
    A 10-minute walk from Kiso-Hirasawa Station on the JR Chuo Main Line. This museum was remodeled and reopened in June 2001. The museum collects and displays 3,729 designed National Important Tangible Folk Cultural Properties, examples of Kiso lacquerware and the tools used to create this craft, and items created by artisans designated Living National Treasures and Living Prefectural Treasures. Particularly eye-catching are the lacquerware face washing basins and the vessels and boxes used to transport food as part of high etiquette from the middle ages to the early modern period. The museum also holds events in which visitors can try lacquering, decorate chopsticks, or watch as a master creates lacquerware.

    平沢宿にある漆器の資料館。 周辺には漆器の会社があちこちにあるし、ちょっと紛らわしいです。展示は、木曽だけでなく、全国的に有名な作家の作品もありました。

  • Shiojiri Tanka Museum
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    4.5
    2 Reviews
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    Nagano Shiojiri-shi Hirokaharashinden 288-1
    "A museum operating out of a fascinating old Japanese residence built in 1868 which was dismantled and moved to this site. Located in the center of the city a five-minute drive south of the Shiojiri-kita Interchange on the Nagano Expressway, the museum displays personal belongings and documents belonging to tanka poets connected to Shiojiri. The museum's collection notably primarily consists of letters, hanging scrolls, and poetry anthologies, and the facility focuses on ""poets"" over ""individuals."" The museum also invites celebrated poets to participate in high level tanka poetry classes, and is also used as an event space in order to promote interest in tanka poetry."

    塩尻市広丘にある、歌人の資料を飾ってある短歌館があります。 広丘は短歌が盛んなので、有名な人たちが昔いっぱいいたみたいです。 自分自身もそんなに短歌のことが、詳しいわけでは無いですが、資料を見て調べてみると、歌人の方たちの恋愛話などあって、広丘周辺でのストーリーが書いてありとても面白いです。 短歌になじみのない方も、いちど寄ってみてもいいかもしれないです。

  • Miyagawa Shikkiten Miyagawa Family History Museum
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    Nagano Kiso-gun Kisomura Yabuhara 1080-1
    A museum adjoining the Miyagawa Shikkiten lacquerware shop in Yabuhara, Kiso Village, Kiso County, Nagano Prefecture. The museum contains exhibits on the Miyagawa family, who for generations provided medical treatment from the Edo period to the early Showa period. Visitors can view old medical implements, rare paintings and calligraphic works, and swords.
  • Nagiso Town Museum
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    Nagano Pref. Kisogunnagisomachi Aduma 2190
    Located 10 minutes away by car from JR Nagiso Station, the museum is composed of three buildings: the designated national important cultural property Wakihonjin Okuya (Hayashi family residence), the Tsumago Post Town Honjin restored to its late Edo period (1603-1868) layout, and a history museum made of reinforced concrete and wood. The Tsumago Post Town Honjin is a facility designated by the shogunate as a place of accommodation for the Daimyo, and has been faithfully reproduced with its late Edo period (1603-1868) layout. In addition, the history museum exhibits materials on topics such as Nagiso’s history and the historic preservation movement using easy-to-understand models and videos.
  • Komagane Municipal Museum
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    3.5
    4 Reviews
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    Nagano Komagane-shi Uwabusakaemachi 23-1

    アクセスは、比較的によいです。 なかなか、レベルも高い展示の仕方をしていました。 郷土愛を感じました。 一度は、訪れる価値ありです。

  • Museum Kokenchikyunohosekibako
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    5.0
    1 Reviews
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    Nagano Pref. Shiojirishi Kitaono 4668

    南極の石や日本最大級の鉄隕石など珍しい石を見ることができて楽しいです。 宝石の原石や紫外線で光輝く蛍光鉱物などもあり、鉱石などストーン好きにはかなり楽しめます。

  • Kisomachi Yamashita Family's Residence
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    3.0
    1 Reviews
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    Nagano Kiso-gun Kisomachi

    木曽観光で寄った古民家と郷土博物館。 当時は馬が非常に貴重で、馬奉行をしていた為に開田村一帯を実質的に治めていた山下氏の古民家です。古い家屋をそのまま展示室にしており、最近では滅多にお目に掛かれないような太い柱などがみられます。庵や馬屋などもあって当時の様子を伺う事ができます。階段下にある箪笥などはなかなか見物です。 蔵は郷土博物館になっていて、旧石器時代における開田村の文化などが陶磁器を用い...

  • Kaida Archaeological Museum
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    Nagano Kiso-gun Kisomachi
  • Ontakesan Take History Cultural Hall
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    Nagano Kiso-gun Otakimura Omata 3152
  • Kisogawa Genryu Fureai Museum
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    Nagano Kiso-gun Kisomura Ogiso 1160-5

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Nagano prefecture is an exciting mix of mountains, hot spring monkeys, and preserved Edo history. At the heart of the Japanese Alps, Nagano is one of the country’s most popular destinations, whether in winter for its snow sports and the much-loved Jigokudani Monkey Park or in the warmer months for discovering the undulating hills on foot. For fantastic Edo architecture, head to the Kiso Valley for a 60-kilometer stretch of quaint wooden buildings that marked the Nakasendo route 200 years ago.

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