{"id":2100,"date":"2024-08-08T14:34:17","date_gmt":"2024-08-08T05:34:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fujieda-life-trip.com\/?post_type=show&p=2100"},"modified":"2024-08-08T14:48:46","modified_gmt":"2024-08-08T05:48:46","slug":"shida-county-museum","status":"publish","type":"show","link":"https:\/\/fujieda-life-trip.com\/en\/show\/shida-county-museum\/","title":{"rendered":"Shida County Office Museum"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

This time, it will be the first place I visited after moving to Fujieda City.
It is the Shida County Office Museum, a nationally designated historical site. I think that even the citizens of Fujieda are not familiar with this place.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I call it the Parthenon of Fujieda.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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What’s Shida County Office Museum?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Shida-gunga Museum is an exhibition of Shida-gunga, a county office site of the Nara and Heian periods, from its discovery to its restoration approximately 1,300 years ago. The “Gun” seems to be a unit of local administration in ancient Japan. Incidentally, the officials of the “counties” were called “Gunji”.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Simply put, this is where the county office was located about 1,300 years ago.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

By the way, it seems that Shida-gun-o was discovered in 1977. It was discovered when they were preparing a plot of land to add an apartment complex. A well, a gate, and ink writing on earthenware (bokusho-doki) were excavated, and the construction of the housing complex was stopped and the area was developed as a historic site park.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Shida County Office Museum<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Shida county office museum and Shida county office ruins appear in a residential area. Shida county office ruins is a nice open space by itself.
The museum is free of charge and anyone can enter. \u2193Museum<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Mr. Kiryu, who manages this museum, enthusiastically explained the museum to us. Fujieda City has a strong image as a post town on the Tokaido Highway, but in fact, traces of the Heian period still remain! he said, full of love.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is true that the wood used for wells is still on display, as are the inked earthenware vessels. By “as is,” I mean that they are not replicas, but the originals as they were at the time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It’s amazing when you think about it calmly\ud83d\udca6.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The wood used for the well is easy to see in the restored version. It has the same shape.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The museum also exhibits replicas of products from this area that were delivered to the capital during the Nara and Heian periods.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Mr. Kiryu explained.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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At the entrance to the museum, there is a mini excavation area where children can experience excavating.
What surprised me was that it was not real sand, but sand made of plastic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Ruins of Shida County Office<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

After leaving the museum, you can see restored buildings and other structures in a large area. The Parthenon, as I call it, is also there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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This Parthenon is a “hottate-bashira” (hottate-building), which is a floor-hanging building.
It seems that floor-hung (boarded) buildings have been seen since just after the Heian period (794-1185). I got this information from the Internet, so please let me know if I am wrong.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

This is also one of the hottate-bashira buildings, but it seems to have been built apart from the other buildings and given special consideration.
It must have been an important building.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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This is the well that was also restored in the museum. It seems that various things were excavated from this well.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

And there is a board fence surrounding it. The construction of this board fence is said to be very valuable. It is made of only rope and wood.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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It’s a little hard to believe that there was a building like this here about 1,300 years ago.
I wonder what people were into and what was popular back then?
I was just thinking back to 1,300 years ago.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Facility Information<\/span><\/div>
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Name<\/strong>\uff1aShida County Office Museum<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hours<\/strong>: 9:00 – 17:00 (admission until 4:30 p.m.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Closed<\/strong>: Mondays, days following national holidays, year-end and New Year holidays<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Contact<\/strong>: Fujieda City Cultural Properties Division
054-645-1100<\/a>\u3000\u30e1\u30fc\u30eb<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fee<\/strong>: Free of charge<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Address<\/strong>: 1-12 Minami-Surugadai, Fujieda-shi, Shizuoka 426-0078<\/p>\n\n\n\n