Matsumoto City Open-Air Architectural Museum

What it is

• An open-air architectural museum.
• A branch of Matsumoto City Museum.
• Opened in 1982 as a judicial museum.
• Features buildings from late Edo to late Taisho periods.

What to see

• Five cultural properties are on display.
• Old Matsumoto District Court building is a National Important Cultural Property.
• Old Matsumoto Juvenile Prison solitary cells were built in 1926.
• Kinoshita Naoe birthplace is a samurai residence.
• Kojo Yado Horaiya was a traveler's inn.
• Old Showa Kogyo Silk Reeling Factory was built in the Taisho period.

Getting there

• Adjacent to the Japan Ukiyo-e Museum.

Notes written by Japan Gems from facts in Japanese Wikipedia.