Kitamaebune Ship Museum
北前船の里資料館
A former shipowner's residence in the Hashidate village, where kitamaebune trading ship owners lived. The museum shows the prosperity of Sea of Japan shipping in the Edo period.
Hashidate in Kaga City was once called 'Japan's richest village.' From the Edo to the Meiji period, many kitamaebune shipowners lived here, and the district was designated an important traditional building preservation area. Its red-tiled roofs and boarded walls are well preserved. The Kitamaebune Museum occupies the Sakatani family house, built in 1876 by a shipowner, and displays ship models, ship chests, advertising handbills and other materials, so you can see how a shipowner's mansion was laid out. Admission is about 350 yen. Opening hours are about 09:00 to 17:00. It is about a 15-minute drive from JR Kaga-Onsen Station.
Opening hours
About 09:00–17:00
Nearby sights
- Ishikawa Prefectural Kutani Ware Museum
- Nakaya Ukichiro Museum of Snow and Ice
- Katayamazu Onsen & Lake Shibayama
- Kutani Kiln Site Exhibition Hall
- Yamashiro Onsen
- Natadera Temple
- Motorcar Museum of Japan
- Yamanaka Onsen & Kakusenkei Gorge