Townsend Harris Museum
Kakisaki
Harris Memorial Hall, located on the grounds of Gyokusenji Temple, displays valuable material related to the opening of Japan in the late Tokugawa period, including items connected to Townsend Harris, the first U.S. Consul General to Japan.
On display are Harris’s personal effects and related documents, historical manuscripts, relics of Yoshida Shoin, and one of Japan’s earliest collodion plate photographs taken by an officer aboard the Russian warship Diana.
Townsend Harris Museum
Address
How to Get There
About a 25-minute walk from Izukyū Shimoda Station
Or take Tokai Bus from platform 10 toward Susaki Coast or Cape Tsumekizaki, get off at Kakizaki Jinja Mae stop, then walk about 3 minutes
Parking
Free parking
Admission
Adults: 500 yen
Children (junior high school students and younger): 200 yen
Time
8:30 AM - 4:30 PM
Closed Days
Open all year around
