This historical building was used as a school building until it was relocated in 1990.
It has been used as a filming location for movies and TV commercials, attracting much attention.
The construction cost was nearly three times larger than the Kuse town budget at the time. The construction materials were selected from superior cypress and cedar timbers from the Kiyama National Forest in Maniwa City.
The building is a luxurious, Renaissance-style Meiji-era pseudo-Western architecture reminiscent of a guest house.
It is designated as a National Important Cultural Property because of its nationally valuable appearance.
The former classrooms are now used as a library and exhibition room, the staff room as a meeting room, the auditorium as a meeting room, and the schoolyard as an outdoor exhibition space.
Completed in 1907, the two-story wooden structure is symmetrical, with classroom buildings extending on the east and west wings of the central building, which consists of the entrance, staff room, and auditorium (second floor).
The central wing is a complex structure with a mansard roof, two gables on the left and right sides of the entrance that rise out in front of the building, and a round dormer window with the school emblem in the center of the front facade. The gable wall is decorated with lattice windows in the style of Venetian windows.
The second-floor lecture hall has a Western-style double-hung coffered ceiling with a mirror panel made of quarter-sawn knotless Japanese cypress. The hallway is made of thick pine wood, and the door panels are made entirely of knotless cedar.
9:00-18:00
Wednesdays *If Wednesday is a national holiday, the museum is closed on the following weekday.
Year-end and New Year holidays
Free of charge
15 minutes on foot from Kuse Station
5 min. drive from Kuse IC