Jōkyō Gimin Memorial Museum
貞享義民記念館
A museum honoring the 1686 farmers' uprising through unique architecture, paper-cut art films, and human rights monuments.
What it is
- Commemorates the 1686 Jokyo Uprising led by farmers in the Matsumoto Domain
- Established by Azumino City in 1992 to honor Tada Kasuke and his followers
- Focuses on the history of local agricultural protest and human rights
What to see
- V-shaped building featuring exterior tiles representing ten thousand farmers from the uprising
- Interior hall ceiling designed in the shape of a traditional straw hat
- Theater showing a seventeen-minute film about the uprising using paper-cut art
- Outdoor inscriptions of the Japanese Constitution and Universal Declaration of Human Rights
- Replica wooden statue of the uprising leader Tada Kasuke
- Outdoor well that pumps fresh water from one hundred and thirty meters underground
Getting there
- Ten-minute walk from Nakagaya Station
- Fifteen-minute drive from the Azumino Interchange
Notes written by Japan Gems from facts in Japanese Wikipedia.
Where it is
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