Ōta-juku Nakasendō Museum
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is a museum dedicated to the history and culture of the
Nakasendō The , also called the ,Richard Lane, ''Images from the Floating World'' (1978) Chartwell, Secaucus ; pg. 285 was one of the centrally administered Edo Five Routes, five routes of the Edo period, and one of the two that connected the ''de facto'' ...
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Ōta-juku was the fifty-first of the 69 Stations of the Nakasendō, sixty-nine stations of the Nakasendō connecting Edo with Kyoto in Edo period Japan. It is located in former Mino Province in what is now part of the city of Minokamo, Gifu, Minokamo, Gi ...
and is located in the city of Minokamo,
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.Nakasendō no Ōta-juku Nakasendō Museum
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Exhibits

The main focus of the exhibit is on the history and culture of Ōta-juku, one of the Nakasendō's ''
shukuba were Stage station, staging post stations during the Edo period in Japan, generally located on one of the Edo Five Routes or one of its sub-routes. They were also called ''shuku-eki'' (宿駅). These stage stations, or "" developed around them, ...
''. The displays include pieces related to
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who stayed at the ''shukuba'' while traveling the Nakasendō. Part of the museum was built using materials from the house of , a famous artist who resided in the area from 1946 until his death two years later. This structure is separate from the main building and is a replica of Okamoto's completed house.


Facilities information

*Hours of operation :9:00am to 5:00pm *Holidays :Mondays (unless Monday is a national holiday) :Day after national holidays :Dec. 29 to Jan. 3. *Entrance fee :Free *Parking :50 spaces


Access

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: 10 min. *
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Taita Line The is a railway line in Gifu Prefecture, Japan, operated by Central Japan Railway Company (JR Central). It connects Tajimi Station in the city of Tajimi via Kani to Mino-Ōta Station in Minokamo. The name of the line includes a ''kanji'' ...
Mino-Ōta Station is a railway station in the city of Minokamo, Gifu Prefecture, Japan, operated by Central Japan Railway Company (JR Central) and the third-sector railway operator Nagaragawa Railway. Lines Mino-Ōta Station is served by the JR Central Takaya ...
: 10 min. walk


References

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