Omi Hino Merchant Museum

What it is

• A museum in Hino Town, Shiga Prefecture.
• Uses the former main residence of Heiemon Yamanaka, an Omi Hino merchant.
• Opened in 1981 as the Hino Town History and Folklore Museum.

What to see

• Six buildings registered as national tangible cultural properties.
• The main residence, rebuilt in 1936.
• A collection of 4,096 Daruma dolls.
• The oldest existing domestic wine.
• Stone medicines imported through Nagasaki trade.
• A letter describing the Ako Incident.

Getting there

• 3-minute walk from Okubo bus stop.

Notes written by Japan Gems from facts in Japanese Wikipedia.