This museum is a jewel in the island a Must to visit.
It looks like a simple beautiful classic japanese house from the outside, on the inside it begins like a modest place showing some history and instruments used on the island.
Then it has a second floor with more history like a normal museum but what bring this place on top of most places is that it provides you the chance to go inside the house and seat in the living room, try to do some Japanese Origami, heard the little fountain on the garden of the house and feel what could have been living in a place like that on the old days, absolutely gorgeous.
I highly recommend to visit this place.
It is worth to see inside. Photo were not allow for building A, B,C, and D. Some area, we must take off our shoes. We have to follow the direction arrow for viewing. We can see many old stuffs which were used in old time. The traditional house in Miyajima also display.
Loved this place! The gardens were stunning and the local history was so interesting & well displayed. They advised it takes 30m to 1hr to see all of it, but we ended up spending 1hr 20, honestly could've gone longer but we got too hungry!
A great place to learn about the Itsukushima shrine: it provides many more explanations than at the shrine itself. It has lots of interesting pieces to show, about the shrine, its history and the customs of the local people. It is located in a former merchant house with a very nice garden. It is cheap for all it offers and there was virtually nobody there whereas the shrine was very crowded.
Very good history of the island. Beautiful garden. Opportunity to fold your own origami crane. I thoroughly enjoyed this museum.
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