Former Kaichi School

Excellent heritage site. Love to see the significance of this ex school in the past progressing the development of japan during meiji era. Residential area and surrounding of the school are lovely and tranquil and its a journey by itself. Entrance fee are very reasonable around 300-500¥

I think whether a place is a city of culture or not depends on the type of lord who ruled it in the past. I think the reason why Matsumoto, Nagano has such high academic ability is because the lord originally believed that "education is important." Education is the most important thing in life as a human being.

As western people, this was les interesting. This school is built according to Western architecture, but with the building techniques they were familiar with. You learn a lot about the architecture of the building and you can feel how proud people are and were with the building, but I was hoping to learn more about the school system and educational methods. Also not everything was in English, we had to use Google translate a lot. Definitely take a sweater here because it is quite cold inside. We went in spring.

A historical place where the European missionaries setup school for the local children. The architecture is a mixture of European design with some Asian sculptures. The school is temporary closed for refurbishment. It's next to the local central library and a short walk from the castle.

Had a great time there! To be fair, it built up with some fun interactions with locals, but the museum itself is quite interesting. In hindsight there wasn't really that much, still I managed to spend over an hour in that. Has a quite lovely feel to it.

Good place to spend a few moments just to look how educational system in Japan has developed since long time ago. Ticket price is ¥800

Good place to spend an hour while in Matsumoto - it's only a short walk away from the Castle. The school is darling and has original desks and educational books.

Old school building that has been preserved vey well. Most exhibition items are around the school and descriptions are all in Japanese. A bit dull in my opinion.