Ota Residence Exhibition Facility

Originally, this residence belonged to Nakamura family who started brewing Homeishu and Ota family became the owner in Meiji-era.
This resident typifies the house of merchant in modern times and was appointed as a national important cultural property in 1991. Also has been frequently used as a filming location.
At the closing days of the Tokugawa shogunate, the property is known as the lodging site of Sanjo Sanetomi and other seven court nobles in Sonno-Joi Party who escaped from Kyoto.