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Goto Shinpei Memorial Museum

Oshu City

Southern Iwate

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    Memorial Hall for Goto Shinpei (1857-1929), also known as the Great Furoshiki. A far-sighted politician who served as the mayor of Tokyo, Minister of the Interior, and president of the Railway Agency. Inside the museum, many items related to Shinpei from his childhood to his later years are on display. Next to the memorial hall is the Haku Goto Memorial Community Center, Japan's first "community center", which was given to commemorate the 13th anniversary of Shinpei's death.

    Location
    4-1 Otemachi, Mizusawa-ku, Oshu-shi, Iwate 023-0053
    Business Hours
    9:00～16:30
    Closed
    Mondays (the next day if Monday is a holiday), New Year holidays (12/29-1/3)
    Price
    General 200 yen, free for high school students and under
    Inquiries
    Contact name: Goto Shinpei Memorial Museum

    Phone number: 0197-25-7870

    Fax number: 0197-25-7870
    Website
    http://www.city.oshu.iwate.jp/shinpei/Open in new tab
    Other
    Others: Groups of 15 or more people 100 yen
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