This is the old government buidings. TBH there's not a huge amount to see, as there's several empty rooms, bedecked with tatami mats. It's only the info boards that bring to life went on here. The second half of the one-way (shoes-off) walkaround is more interesting. From empty offices you move on to more interesting areas of the place - stores, kitchens etc. Worth a visit.

I felt slightly underwhelmed by this former governmental builing. The walk through the different rooms was ok but there wasn't that much too see and I've seen more intriguing places. I'd recommend to visit only if you have some spare time, there are other more worthwhile places to visit in Takayama.

This was an interesting building to explore and it wasn't crowded. It was raining and cold, so having to remove shoes for the whole experience, we started to get very cold and rushed at the end to be able to put our shoes back on. There is a lot of history, lovely gardens and some interesting exhibits. It's definitely worth visiting.

This place is more interesting than we thought and definitely learnt alot from this visit. Understand more on the historical Takayama area, government officials in the past and see beautiful garden. The whole visit at leisure pace should take you about 45mins. Definitely worth the visit but do note the operating hours.

It is an old government building showing how things were done in the past. There is a small entrance fee, you have to take off your shoes to walk through the immense building. You follow a set route with a nice amount of other tourists. There are signs to explain what you see in the beginning when walking through the residence. At the end there are a lot of preserved documents and artifacts, unfortunately all is in local language. Still it is impressive to see how everything worked in those days. The garden needed some work to look beautiful again.