Yokohama City Hasseiden Local Museum, Local museum in Honmoku-motomachi, Japan.
Hasseiden is a three-story octagonal building with multiple triangular tiled roofs located in Honmoku-motomachi. It houses exhibits about local history, fishing tools, and agricultural implements from the surrounding area.
Kenzo Adachi founded the museum in 1933 and donated it to Yokohama City in 1937. At that time, it received its current name Hasseiden Archives of Local History.
The museum displays life-size statues of eight influential figures including Nichiren, Shinran, Socrates, Christ, Prince Shotoku, Kobo, Confucius, and Shakyamuni arranged around a central mirror. This arrangement reflects the museum's appreciation for diverse religious and philosophical traditions.
The location is easiest to reach by taking buses 54, 91, or 97 from JR Negishi Station to the Honmoku Shimin Koen Mae stop. From there, it is a short walk to the entrance.
The second floor contains a reconstructed private house from the Meiji era with original furniture and household items from that period. This reconstruction gives visitors a direct sense of everyday living conditions from more than 100 years ago.
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