Oiwake-juku Hometown Museum — Attraction in Karuizawa

Went here a few weeks ago with my family. We heard a bunch of my great-great-grandfather's things were there. Sure enough, we saw the suit of armor that we have old pictures of, with my great-great-grandfather, Tsuchiya Ichizaemon, and his children. We also saw some other things that used to belong to the Tsuchiya clan. It was really neat seeing so much of my ancestral history there.

The people there were really, really nice. They were so interested in our story and asked a lot of questions and answered what they could of ours.

We've been looking into our family history and trying to find any remaining family members of our line. Unfortunately, it's been a bit unfruitful so far. If anyone sees this who is related to or knows anything about Tsuchiya Ichizaemon; his sons, Kennichi and Zennichi; or his daughters (we don't know their names), I'd really appreciate it if you reached...

Oiwake was a traffic junction, and during the Edo period it was the dividing road between Nakasendo and Hokkoku Kaido. It was also a post town for feudal lord processions, and was more developed...

追分宿の入口にある郷土資料館である。ポール・ジャクレーの木版画を観るために伺った。資料館自体はそんなに大きくはないが想像以上に整った施設であった。一階で靴を脱いでスリッパに履き替え観覧するのが面倒であることと、11月初旬の気候で少々館内寒かった（空調がイマイチ効いてなかった）のが気になった。 ポール・ジャクレーの多色刷り木版画は「浮世絵」というよりはその色使いや線の精緻さからモダンなイラストレーションのようであ...