Traveling
Northwestern Chiba 2

This site was constructed in 1884 as the second house of a former feudal domain lord. Usually you can only walk around the inside of its buildings, but on the 10th day of each month you can also walk around the half-Japanese-half-western garden and observe the buildings from outside.

Manmanji is a Rinzai Zen temple with well-maintained precincts.

Hondoji is a Nichiren Buddhist temple. This temple is famous for its large garden where Hydrangeas and Irises bloom around June.

Tozenji is a Jodo Buddhist temple with well-maintained precincts.

This place was the residence of a family who started producing soy sauce in 1661 which later evolved to one of the companies which would eventually be merged into soy sauce maker Kikkoman in modern times.

Sakuragi Jinja is a relatively large Shinto shrine with well-maintained precincts.

This Taisho-era mansion, now used as citizens' meeting facility, was the residence of another family who started soy sauce production in 1766 (they had been producing miso soybean paste until then) which later developed to one of the companies merged into Kikkoman Cooperation.

Kinoene Soy Sauce is a soy sauce maker founded in 1830. Its current buildings were constructed mainly around the Meiji era.

Atago Jinja and Saikoin are a Shinto shrine and a Buddhist temple next to each other. The temple was in charge of the shrine during feudal times.