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Samegai Post-town Historical Folk Museum

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Explore a historic post town's past through two preserved buildings, including a unique 1915 post office.

Samegai Post-town Historical Folk Museum
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What it is

  • A museum utilizing cultural heritage buildings.
  • Opened on November 12, 2000.
  • Located in Samegai-juku on the Nakasendo road.
  • Consists of two distinct facilities.

What to see

  • Former Samegai Post Office building, built 1915.
  • Wooden two-story pseudo-Western style post office.
  • Post office registered as tangible cultural property in 1998.
  • Kawaguchi Family Residence, built in the Edo period.
  • Wooden one-story Kawaguchi Family Residence.
  • Residence is a designated cultural property of Maibara City.

Notes written by Japan Gems from facts in Japanese Wikipedia.

Where it is

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