Uwajima City Historical Museum
宇和島市立歴史資料館
A small museum housed in a Western-style building relocated from the Meiji-era Uwajima police station. It presents the city's modern history, and the building itself is a highlight.
This white wooden Western-style building was completed in 1884 as the Uwajima police station. It later served as the Nishiumi town office, and in 1992 it was moved to its present site near Uwajima Port. It is registered as a national Tangible Cultural Property. The museum displays materials on the modernization of the Uwajima domain, the late-Edo development of steamships (including the domain craftsman Kazo, who reproduced a steam engine), and figures connected with Siebold's daughter Kusumoto Ine. It is small, and a visit takes about 30 minutes. Admission is free or low-cost, and the museum is closed on Mondays. It can be explored together with Kisaiya Hiroba and Uwajima Port.
Opening hours
09:00–17:00; closed Mondays
Nearby sights
- Michi-no-Eki Uwajima Kisaiya Hiroba
- Warei Shrine
- Uwajima Castle
- Tenshaen Garden
- Date Museum
- Ryukoin Temple
- Uwajima Bullfighting Arena
- Yusumizugaura Terraced Fields