Akkeshi Town Historical Museum

Akkeshi Town Historical Museum
厚岸町郷土館
General information
Address	1-2 Wangetsu
Town or city	Akkeshi, Hokkaidō
Country	Japan
Coordinates	43°01′58″N 144°50′21″E / 43.032765°N 144.839219°E / 43.032765; 144.839219Coordinates: 43°01′58″N 144°50′21″E / 43.032765°N 144.839219°E / 43.032765; 144.839219
Opened	1967
Website
Official website

Akkeshi Town Historical Museum (厚岸町郷土館, Akkeshi-chō Kyōdokan) opened in Akkeshi, Hokkaidō, Japan in 1967. Situated in the immediate vicinity of (国泰寺) and (厚岸神社), the collections document the history of the area and include Jōmon and Zoku-Jōmon ceramics; Ainu materials, including a (マキリ) scabbard and a kiseru or smoking pipe obtained through trade with the Wajin; items dedicated at Shinmei-gū (神明宮), the predecessor shrine to Akkeshi Jinja established by Mogami Tokunai in 1791; documents from Kokutai-ji that have been designated an Important Cultural Property, including a temple diary with records of the tsunami resulting from the (ja) and of the 1850 shipwreck of the Australian whaler Eamont; and an ema depicting Katō Kiyomasa dedicated by retainers of the Sendai Domain when charged with the safeguarding of much of Ezo after the transfer of responsibility from the Matsumae Domain to the shogunate during the Bakumatsu period.^[1][2]

See also[]

• Hokkaido Museum
• Akkeshi Maritime Affairs Memorial Museum
• Akkeshi Town Ōta Tonden Kaitaku Memorial Museum
• List of Historic Sites of Japan (Hokkaidō)
• List of Cultural Properties of Japan - historical materials (Hokkaidō)

References[]

External links[]

• (in Japanese) Akkeshi Town Historical Museum

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