Sapporo City Teine Memorial Museum, Local museum in Nishimachi, Sapporo, Japan.
The Sapporo City Teine Memorial Museum is a local history museum in Nishimachi, Nishi-ku, Sapporo, opened in 1969 to mark the 1967 merger of Teine with Sapporo. It holds about 1,130 items. Two monuments stand in its front garden: the 1910 Kami-Teine village founding stone, moved here from Kami-Teine Shrine, and a 1971 centenary monument.
The museum opened in 1969 as a facility commemorating the 1967 merger of Teine Town into Sapporo. It was first conceived as a project for the 100th anniversary of the founding of Teine Village, but the plan passed to Sapporo after the merger. It holds about 1,130 items.
The collection reveals how local residents lived and shaped their traditions over time through the objects on display. The artifacts show the connection between people and their surroundings across different periods.
The museum is a 10-minute walk from Miyanosawa Station on the Tozai subway line, or 1 minute from the Miyanosawa 2-jo 1-chome bus stop on the JR Hokkaido Sasson line. There is no parking, but the Sapporo West interchange of the Sasson Expressway is 5 minutes away by car. It opens Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays, 9:00 to 17:00, closed on holidays and at New Year.
The museum opened in 1969 with about 1,130 items in its collection. In its front garden stand two monuments: the Kamihorona opening-village stone, erected in 1910 and moved here from the grounds of Kamihorona Shrine when the museum opened, and the Teine foundation centenary monument of 1971.
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