Reference/Local/Exhibition/Literature Museum Spots in Iya / Oboke Koboke Area

  • Awa-Ikeda Tobacco Museum and Awa-Ikeda Udatsu House
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    4.0
    12 Reviews
    Travel / Tourism
    Tokushima Pref. Miyoshishi Ikedachou Machi 2465-1
    Located an approximately five-minute walk towards Udatsu-dori Street from Awa-Ikeda Station on the JR Dosan Line or an approximately five-minute drive from the Ikawa-Ikeda Interchange on the Tokushima Expressway, this museum is where you can learn about the history of cigarettes and Ikeda at the time when the tobacco industry prospered from the late Bakumatsu to the Meiji period. In a building using the residence where the tobacco company's founder lived more than a hundred years ago, materials such as books, tobacco leaves and manufacturing machinery at the time are arranged in chronological order. The building is designated as a tangible cultural property of Miyoshi City, and you can also visit the garden where the flowers bloom throughout the year the four seasons and a room detached from the main building.

    いろいろとタバコ関係の資料が有りますが、煙草嫌いな私にとって歴史的な事実としてぐらいしか興味有りません。今でも自分の体をなんでいじめるんだろうと喫煙者のことを思います。建物を写真投稿しておきます。

  • Higashi Iya History and Folk Museum
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    3.5
    4 Reviews
    Travel / Tourism
    Tokushima Pref. Miyoshishi Higashiyakyoujou 14-3
    The Higashi Iya History and Folk Museum uses photographs and display panels to present legends from the Iya region relating to the Heike clan. Exhibits include a replica of a red banner linked to the Heike family. There are also exhibits of items connected to daily life in the Iya region, showcasing the unique way of life and cultural traditions that have developed in this area. From JR Oboke Station, take the Shikoku Kotsu bus for Kubo, and get off at the Kyojo bus stop.

    展示の量は少ないですが、手っ取り早く歴史を学べるのでおすすめです。10分の紹介映像を見るとより簡単に知識を得られます。

  • Heike Yashiki Museum of Folklore
    Travel / Tourism
    Miyoshi City, Tokushima Prefecture Nishi Iyayama Higashi Nishioka 46
    Located an approximately 30-minute drive from the Otoyo Interchange on the Kochi Expressway, this museum exhibits hundreds of materials such as treasures from Heike and related items, old documents and everyday items. Naiki Horikawa, who served in the palace as Emperor Antoku's doctor, ran away to this land, and the museum uses the house where his descendants have lived for generations. The main house, which was built in the end of the Edo period and has the original hearth and roof, is designated as a cultural property of the city along with the storehouse. In the yard of the house, you can see the great trees that have been watching over the ages such as approximately 800-year-old large maples and fragrant olives.
  • Kanmidorinoheya
    Travel / Tourism
    Tokushima Pref. Miyoshishi Ikedachou Home town of 2465-1 Awa Ikeda Udatsu
  • Higashimiyoshi Municipal History Folk customs Museum
    Travel / Tourism
    Tokushima Miyoshi-gun Higashimiyoshi Cho Nakasho 1189

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