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Museum Shoko Shuseikan尚古集成館

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Museum / Science Museum

This is a museum adjacent to Sengan-en. The collection hall is a group of factories that the Satsuma lord Shimazu Nariakira built for industrial development at the end of the Tokugawa period. The museum building was originally completed in 1865 as a machine factory. Currently it is utilized as a place to communicate the history of industrialization of the Shimazu family and Satsuma clan. In addition to the buildings, some of the exhibits are nationally designated Important Cultural Properties.

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place Kagoshima Pref. Kagoshimashi Yoshinochou 9698-1
phone 0992471511

Review of Shoko Shuseikan

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Reviewed:2018/05/16 First Western-style Factory in Japan
Established by Lord Shimazu in 1852 to produce armaments, glass, ceramics and farm tools, this was Japan's first Western-style factory. It's now a museum detailing the 700 year Shimazu family...
Reviewed:2018/02/01 The displays gave us some insight on Satsuma under the rule of the Shimazu Family.
It is helpful to have some background history when visiting this Museum. The Tokugawa shogunate adopted an isolation policy from the 16th century. Japan closed its ports to foreigners with the...
Reviewed:2017/11/22 Interesting displays
If machinery and its history is your thing you will love this museum. I had a look at the display and read all the English signage which was most helpful. It makes for an enjoyable stop after exiting...
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Details

Address

Kagoshima Pref. Kagoshimashi Yoshinochou 9698-1 [map]

Phone

0992471511

Hours
8:30-17:30
Closed
open everyday
Fees
[Admission fee] Adults 1000 yen, Elementary and Junior High School Students 500 yen (in common with the scenic spots Sengokuen)
Parking Lot
Available (500 spaces, bus 50 spaces)
Credit Card
Not available

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Access

    There is no Bus Stop nearby.
    There is no IC nearby.

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Over 100 active volcanoes across Kagoshima make it one of the Japan's most exciting prefectures. The prefectural capital, Kagoshima city, looks out to one of the prefecture's most spectacular volcanoes, Sakurajima, an island of its own that can be visited and seen close up or admired from afar, with the promise of breathtaking sunsets complete with frequent puffs of smoke and ash. Down the Satsuma Peninsula, the most southerly part of mainland Japan, waterfalls, sand onsen, and fascinating history await, while Kagoshima's abundance of satsuma imo (sweet potato) provide a wholesome snack as well as one of Japan's favourite drinksーshochu.

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