Hasseiden Museum

An ethnological museum with typical regional displays on the fishing and farming communities. It was builted in 1933 by Kenzo Adachi who was a politician at the time. The museum is mostly known for the interesting set of statues, those of the Eight World Sages, namely Nichiren, Shinran, Socrates, Christ, Prince Shotoku, Kobo, Confucius and Sakyamuni. A mirror, which symbolizes the universe, is in the middle of this group of life-size images.