Fun of Good Old Japanese - 江戸・明治に学ぶ　楽しむ生き方

  This museum is in the Kaminoyama castle which was rebuilt in 1982. Kaminoyama city has flourished as a post town of both of Ushu kaidou and Yonezawa kaidou highway. It is located around 300km north of Tokyo. We can see Kaminoyama city and Mt. Zaou (1841m height) from the top of the castle. I saw people having fun at the hot spring (Onsen) resort, and also while climbing mountains. (Taking pictures and uploading to the website was approved when I visited.) Kaminoyama castle View from the top of the castle 1982 年に再建された上山城の中にある資料館。上山市は山形県南部の羽州街道と米沢街道の宿駅として栄え、蔵王への登山基地と温泉地として有名。最上階からは市街と蔵王を見渡せる。温泉町の賑わい、蔵王への登山、出羽三山への登山の人々の楽しみを見た。（撮影及びブログ掲載許可取得済） Three mountains (Mt.Haguro, Mt.Gassan and Mt.Yudono) in Dewa region are famous for holy places of Japanese mountain asceticism. The number of pilgrims called “Gyoujya” reached its peak period in the Edo period , so the post towns on the kaidou highway including Kaminoyama flourished very much. 出羽三山（羽黒山・月山・湯殿山）は修験の聖地として栄え...

  Koriyama is located around 200km north of Tokyo. It was a post town on Oushu-kaidou highway which connected Edo(old name of Tokyo) and northern Japan. The water which is introduced from Inawashiro Lake changed this post town to an industrial city. There are few exhibits about entertainment, but we can see a lot of exhibits which show difficult farmers' life and relief projects.   Photography is prohibited. Images of exhibits are pictures on the brochure.   郡山市は、奥州街道の郡山宿であったが、猪苗代湖から水を引いた安積疎水によって大きく発展した街である。二本松藩に含まれる。人の楽しみについての展示は少なく、搾取された農民の苦しさの展示が多かった。その中でも、農民の救済策にほっとするものがあった。 【全館撮影禁止、展示物の写真はカタログ掲載のもの】 <Difficult life of farmers in the Edo period >   Farmers struggled against heavy tax at that time, so they rioted sometimes. The letter, which mentioned that the daimyo lord admitted their requirement and promised to return rice, is exhibited. On the other hand, rich merchants and farmers had self-defense groups against the farmers' riots. Those ...

  Kasukabe was a post town on Nikkou-doucyuu highway which connected Edo(old name of Tokyo) and Nikkou where the shrine dedicated to the first Tokugawa shogun is. Kasukabe is located about 35km north of Tokyo.   This museum shows you the history of Kasukabe since ancient times. The attractive exhibit is a model of Kasukabe post town in the end of the Edo period (1:200 model). The panels of the post town help you to understand the people’s lives there. There were many shops including pubs and there was a silly son who was into sake (alcohol). You can get on a palanquin, wear an armor (helmet) and straw shoes , and you can play using old style toys. Exhibition room、展示室 縄文時代からの春日部（埼玉県）の歴史が展示されている。江戸時代末期の日光街道・奥州街道の粕壁（かすかべ）宿について、模型（１ / ２００）とパネル展示と合わせて良く分かるようになっている。広さは、教室３つほどで丁度良い。籠に乗ったり、兜をつけたり、昔のおもちゃで遊んだり、草鞋をはいたり、体験できるようになっている。教育センターの中に郷土資料館がある。人の楽しみの面からみると、宿場には居酒屋はじめさまざまなお店があって賑わっていたこと、そんな中で酒好きの放蕩息子もいたことなど、人間味があって面白い。 The photo below is a full-scale model o...