MUSEUMS

ANZU NO SATO WOODBLOCK PRINT MUSEUM (Bangakan)
At the heart of this woodblock print museum are exhibits based on local folklore.
Opening times: 10:00 - 17:00 Closed Mondays, Tuesdays and winter period between December through March.
Admission: 300 yen/Children 100 yen.
*Open daily during the Apricot Festival period*

MORI SHOGUNZUKA (Burial Chamber)
At the top of the hill lies this reproduction of the 100 metre long burial chamber built here in the Yamato Chotei era nearly 1600 years ago. The keyhole-shaped tomb is one of the largest in Japan.

KOSHOKU FURUSATO CARTOON MUSEUM (Mangakan)
The works of Koshoku born political cartoonist, Hidezo Kondo form the basis of this cartoon museum.
Opening times: 9:00 - 16:30 Closed Mondays, days following National Holidays and end of year period.
Admission: 200 yen/High School Students 100 yen.

KOSHOKU ART CORNER
(Koshoku Art Machi Kado)
At the heart of this museum is artwork done in association with the locality. The first floor holds the Citizen's gallery and the second floor houses an exhibition room where one can admire different exhibitions.
Opening times: 9:00 - 16:30 Closed Mondays and days following National Holidays.
Admission:(To 2nd Floor gallery) 200 yen/HS Students 100 yen.

KURASHIKAN (Earthern Storage House)This house was originally built after the fire of Zenkoji Temple at the end of the Edo period (1868). It has been rebuilt to represent a typical merchant-house of the day. It also houses an exhibition of folklore items of the people after the Edo period.
Opening times: 9:00 - 16:30 Closed Mondays, days following National Holidays and end of year period.
Admission: 200 yen/H.S Students 100 yen

The opportunity of experiencing life
in the past at Sarashina village
Experiencing life in the past: Thanks to the ruins
unearthed in this area dating back from the Jomon
period (3,000 years ago), a village of that period
was recreated., Thus you can see pit dwellings and
raised floor warehouses, bountiful forests and old farms.

Every October, an event called 'Sarashina Jomon
Festival' is held. At this festival, you can experience
lifestyle from the Jomon period along with cooking
from that era (grilled wild boar meat, millet pastries,
along with ancient knitting, fishing and hunting
techniques.)

The Historical Archive Center.
At the historical archive center, pottery, earthenware
and clay dolls dating from the Jomon can be viewed.
They were unearthed during excavations in that area.
There is also a picture room in the center that enables
visitors to see what life was like at that time. You
can even see a drama with the same historical
background. There is also a study room in which you
will learn how to make pottery, jewelry, knitting or stone
carving using techniques from the Jomon era, as well as
how to strike a fire.
This center receives many visitors every year.

The Museum of History has been eatablished so that the citizens of the Prefecture, and people from other regions of Japan as well as from overseas, may, through the medium of priceless cultural artifacts, deepen their appreciation and understanding of the history of Nagano that has formed such a climate and culture. It is hoped that the Museum, building upon this historical course and legacy, may become a site for the emergence of a new culture.

The Museum houses such rooms as a permanent display room, a special exhibitions room, a library reading and reference room, a visual media room, and a lecture hall. It is possible to peruse the artefacts, literature and other holdings of historical materials. Further, we are happy to respond to inquiries and discuss our investigative research projects.

Opening Times : 9.00-17.00 Closed Mondays, days following national holiday and end of year period.
Admission : General (individual) 300 yen  (group) 200 yen
Senior high school and college students (individual) 150 yen  (group) 100 yen
Elementary and junior high school students (individual) 70yen  (group) 50 yen
(A group is 20 or more people)

High School/Elementary School student have free admission when every Saturday,Sunday,public holiday and following a public holiday. For more information 026-274-2000

THE SHOGUNZUKA MUSEUM is located at the bottom of the hill and contains artefacts gathered from the excavation of the site.
Opening times: 9:00 - 17:00 Closed Mondays, days following National Holidays and the end of year period.
For more information: 026-274-3400

Opening times : 9:00-17:00, Closed Mondays, following national holidays and end of yoear period.
Admission : H.S.Studens or more 200yen/children free For more information : 026-276-7511

A collection of sake brewing tools
This brewing factory is composed of a cellar and a warehouse attached to it used to produce 360,000 liters of sake per year.
It is now part of the Kayashirao (a famous 18th century poet) complex. You can also see paintings at the Yumeji building, learn things about sake brewing or the history of the Hokkoku Road in displays located in the main building.
What remains from that era are thatched roof houses whose design was inspired by old buildings and that can be seen along the National Road number 18. The original buildings were destroyed in a fire in July 1760 but rebuilt later. The current buildings you can visit are more than 230 years old.
Opening times: 9:00 - 17:00
Admission: 315 yen/ 157 yen for junior high school students and below. Discount groups are also available, for groups of 20 persons at least.