In Tome, there still remain Western-style and quasi-Western buildings such as schools, prefectural offices, and police stations built in the Meiji era (1868-1912). It is called “Miyagi’s Meiji Village,” and is treasured as such.
Many buildings reminiscent of the Meiji period still exist, such as the Education Museum (Important Cultural Property, former Tome High School), the Police Museum (Prefectural Designated Cultural Property, former Tome Police Station Building), the Mizusawa Prefectural Office Memorial Hall (former Mizusawa Prefectural Office Building), and stately storehouse-style merchant houses, and the townscape has been called “Miyagi no Meiji The area is called “Miyagi no Meiji-mura” (Miyagi’s Meiji Village). Also, if you go down a side street, you will find samurai residences from the era of the feudal government and historical sites, which still retain the atmosphere of those days.
Museum of Education and Archives
Tome Kaikokan
Police Museum
Mizusawa Prefectural Government Memorial Hall
Traditional Performing Arts Museum
Katsuko Takakura Museum of Art
Toyama No Sato
Harurantei
9:00-16:30
December 28 - January 4
Adults 200-400 yen
High school students: 150 - 300 yen
Elementary/junior high school students: 100-200 yen
Tickets for all six facilities are available.
Approx. 40 min. by car from JR Kurikoma-Kogen Station (Tohoku Shinkansen Line)
Approx. 30 min. by car from Ishikoshi Station on the JR Tohoku Main Line
10 minutes by bus from Yanaizu Station on JR Kesennuma Line
Approximately 35 minutes from the Tsukidate IC on the Tohoku Expressway
Approximately 5 minutes from the Tome IC of the Sanriku Expressway
Approximately 97 minutes from Sendai Station by highway bus