SAMANI Folk Museum様似郷土館

A small local museum, located near Cape Enrumu

エンルム岬の近くに建つ小さな郷土資料館

This small museum is located in Kaisho-machi, the original settlement of Samani Town.
It was opened in 1966 as the first local museum in the Hidaka region.

様似町発祥の地、会所町にある小さな博物館です。
日高管内で最初の郷土館として、1966年に開館しました。

The museum exhibits include artifacts excavated from the Fuyushima archeological site of the post-Jomon culture, as well as Ainu ritual tools, video materials, daily items of the modern era, and insect specimens.

館内には、続縄文文化の冬島遺跡の出土品などのほか、アイヌ民族の儀式の道具や映像資料、近代の生活用品、昆虫標本などが展示されています。

Lacquerware used by the Ainu people

アイヌの人々が使っていた漆器

Small knife engraved with intricate Ainu patterns

細かいアイヌ紋様が彫られた小刀

Among the museum's collection, the historical documents of Tojuin Temple, one of the "Ezo Sankanji" (Three Government Temples of Ezo) and a nationally designated important cultural property, and the Yamoto family documents, a town designated cultural property, are valuable documents that provide a glimpse into the history of Samani from the late Edo period to the Meiji period.

なかでも国指定重要文化財の蝦夷三官寺・等澍院古文書や町指定文化財の矢本家文書は、江戸後期から明治にかけての様似の歴史を垣間見ることのできる貴重な資料です。

Replica of "View of Samani, Eastern Ezo" with Touch Panel Guide

「東蝦夷シャマニ之景」複製画と解説用タッチパネル

Historical documents of Tojuin Temple, one of the Three Government Temples of Ezo (Nationally-designated Important Cultural Property)

蝦夷三官寺・等澍院古文書（国指定重要文化財）

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