Japan Guide
Northern Honshū
City Museum
The City Museum, or Kyōdokan, occupies a delightful, multicoloured clapboard building in Kajō-kōen's southeast corner. Erected in 1878, the museum originally served as the town's main hospital, and its exhibits include a fearsome array of early medical equipment and anatomical drawings, including a guide to pregnancy rendered as woodblock prints. There's also a room devoted to an Austrian, Dr Albert von Roretz, who came here in 1880 and spent two years instructing local doctors in the ways of Western medicine. Opening time: Tues– Sun 9am–4.30pm Price: ¥200