History of Abashiri Prison that helped develop Hokkaido (1983) by Abashiri Prison MuseumAbashiri City
Abashiri Prison Museum
The Abashiri Prison Museum opened in 1983 as an outdoor museum where 25 historical buildings of the original Abashiri Prison are conserved and exhibited.
Prison House and Central Guard House of the original Abashiri Prison (1912) by Abashiri Prison MuseumAbashiri City
Wooden building designated as an important cultural property
Of the buildings relocated and restored from the original Abashiri Prison, eight have been designated as national important cultural properties, and six have been registered as registered tangible cultural properties.
The original Abashiri Prison: Buildings of the Futamigaoka Branch (1896) by Abashiri Prison MuseumAbashiri City
The original Abashiri Prison: Buildings of the Futamigaoka
The Futamigaoka Branch was established on hilly land in western Abashiri. Aiming planted, tended and harvested crops.
"House of deities and Buddhas."
This lecture hall was rebuilt in 1912 when the original buildings were restored. The prisoners worked harder on this building than on any other, putting their hearts and souls into constructing this, "house of deities and Buddhas."
History Theater "Red-clothed inmates in the Forest"
The Penology Museum presents and exhibits the lives and work of prisoners of that time. In the Sensory Theater, the excavation situation of the central road is narrated.
Prison lunch (1983) by Abashiri Prison MuseumAbashiri City
A museum where you can eat prisoner meals
Kangoku cafeteria offers "prison food" that reproduces the meals currently served at Abashiri Prison. Enjoy the meals!
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