Former Toson Shimazaki Residence
A 5 minute walk along the Tokaido Line from Oiso Station. Also known as Machiya-en (traditional townhouse), the former residence of Tōson was a three-roomed single...
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Architectural Tour: Oisa Through the Ages
A course touring the buildings that remain in Oiso. On this tour have lunch at “Oiso Geihinkan”, a Western-style building made into an Italian restaurant, and look through the “Miki Sawada Memorial Museum”, with its collection of kakure kirishitan (“hidden” Christians avoiding persecution) artifacts.
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Oiso-geihinkan (Former Residence of Kinoshita family)
This European-style building (the former Kinoshita family residence) was built as a merchant’s vacation house and countless honored guests have been entertained...
Sawada-miki Memorial Hall
This museum, which had a renewal opening in March 2014, honors the late Miki Sawada (grandchild of Mitsubishi conglomerate founder Yatarou Iwasaki) who founded...
