Kaichi School Museum: one of the first schools in Japan

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[Introduction]

I took a day trip to Matsumoto City, Nagano Prefecture and visited several places. In this article, I will write about Kaichi School Museum.

[Visit Places]
* Matsumoto Castle (Related article)
* Kaichi School Museum (This article)
* Matsumoto Shrine, Nawate Street, Nakamachi Street, Fukashi Shrine (Related article)

[Visit Date]
2015.05.17

[Main Part]

The Kaichi School was one of the first schools in Japan. It opened in a temporary building in 1873 and moved to new premises in 1876. This western-style building, fused with Japanese elements, was designated an Important Cultural Property in 1961. In 1965 the old school building was turned into an education museum.

Exterior of the building

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Interior of the building

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Around the building

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[Closing]

Kaichi School Museum is about ten minutes walk from Matsumoto Castle about which I wrote in my previous article. So in case you visit Matsumoto, I would recommend you visit both of them.

By the way, when I moved from Matsumoto Castle to Kaichi School Museum, I dropped in a Japanese noodle restaurant to have a lunch. It was also good.Japanese noodle Matsumoto1

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[Related Link]
Kaichi School Museum (Wikipedia)


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