[Shiga] A 200-year-old merchant's mansion with an artistic feel throughout the entire site

📍 Merchant Museum, Shiga A house and museum that opened in spring 2023 as a branch temple of Kyorinbo, a popular and famous Shiga temple famous for its autumn leaves✨ The vast former home of the Matsui Kyuemon family, a representative Omi merchant of Gokasho, is open to the public for a limited time as a wealthy merchant museum! ☺️🤍 There are five buildings, including the 200-year-old main house and second-floor tatami room, and the garden is Katsumoto Junanajuku, where stone art pieces such as stone lanterns and hand-washing basins are lined up. It is a nationally registered tangible cultural property and a nationally registered monument (garden), and Prince Hisamichi stayed here during the Taisho era, and Japan's oldest flush toilet, the upper room, and the throne room remain! ! There are many other things to see, such as the underground storehouse "Manryoku-ko" that can store 10,000 ryo, and the Sencha teahouse "Kaian" 🤍 And the best photo spot is the Inome Shoin window (heart-shaped window) in the Shinsaryo 🫶🪟🩷 The Inome pattern has been used in the temple's decorations and decorative metal fittings since ancient times as a talisman and fire ward. 　 Take a commemorative photo of it as a symbol of good fortune and matchmaking! 📷 You can take a strange photo by using the mirror on the desk 🤳 (I recommend using a cell phone rather than a camera to take this photo) Add excitement to your daily life: 🌙 📍 Omi Merchant Museum (Kyorinbo Betsuin) 📮 396-1 Tatsuta-cho, Gokasho, Higashiomi City, Shiga Prefecture 👛 Adults 500 yen, elementary and junior high school students 200 yen 🕚 10:00-16:00 (reception closes at 16:00) 🅿️ Available 10 spaces 🗓️ Opening days 🌸Spring🌸 Weekends and holidays during the Hinamatsuri festival Open only on weekends and holidays from April to June 🍁Autumn🍁 Weekends and holidays in October, Open every day from November 1st to early December (Open until December 8th in 2024) 🚃 Get off at Notogawa Station on the JR Biwako Line, then take a taxi for about 10 minutes. #tripdomestictravel #domestictravel #hiddenspots #datespots #shiga #shigatrip #shigatourism