Marugame City History and Folklore Museum, History museum at Marugame Castle, Japan.
The Marugame City History and Folklore Museum is a history and folklore museum at the base of Marugame Castle, displaying regional finds, documents, and traditional objects. The collection covers material from across the city's past, from early settlement to the modern era.
The museum opened in 1972 and has since gathered records and objects tracing Marugame's development from early times to the present. The city grew around its castle and became a trading hub in the Sanuki region over many centuries.
The galleries display everyday objects, local crafts, and tools that show how people in Marugame worked and lived over the centuries. The collection gives a clear sense of what daily life looked like in a castle town built around trade and fishing.
The museum sits right next to Marugame Castle and is easy to reach on foot from the castle entrance. Combining a visit to both the castle and the museum makes for a straightforward half-day trip.
Among the collection is material connected to Nikkari Aoe, a sword with a strong reputation in the region since medieval times. This section of the museum tends to draw visitors who have a particular interest in Japanese blade history.
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