• Brief description: it is a traditional Japanese building that was used as a government office during the Edo period, when the city was still under the control of the shōgun. 
• Duration of visit: 30 min.
• Cost: 430¥
• Opening times: from 8.30 to 17.00 (to 16.30 from November to February and to 18.00 in August).
• How to get there: on foot from the station. Head for the old part of town by the Nakabashi bridge.