In the mid-Edo period, Shoeki Ando developed an innovative philosophy while making a living as a physician in Hachinohe. His ideas about working towards a society in which nature and humans are in harmony are still alive to this day, and he is said to be the world’s first ecologist. In the archives housed in a restored rice granary belonging to the adjacent “Hachitsuru” sake brewery, documents that have been restored through digital technology, such as his “Hachinohe Domain Diary”, can be viewed.

Address:

3 Yokamachi, Hachinohe City

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Phone:

090-2886-8109

Hours:

[Opening Hours] 11:00AM-4:00PM

Regular Holidays:

[Closed] Monday / Tuesday / Wednesday /
during the New Year holidays and Obon holidays

Access:

By car: 20 minutes from Hachinohe Station, 10 minutes from Hachinohe Expressway Hachinohe IC
By train: 10-minute walk from JR Hachinohe Line Hon-Hachinohe Station
By bus: Hachinohe City Bus / Nanbu Bus – “Hachinohe Chushingai Terminal (Yokamachi)” bus stop

Parking:

2 spaces

Homepage:

http://www.shoeki.org/