Seigakuin
Along with its history as a training center for Shugendo,
It is a nationally registered tangible cultural property, also known as the temple school where Kawaguchi Ekai studied.
It is a registered tangible cultural property of Japan, and is known as a temple school where Kawaguchi Ekai, the first Japanese person to cross the Himalayas in search of Buddhist scriptures, studied from the late Edo period to the early Meiji period.
It conveys the appearance of a Shugendo training hall built in an urban area.
Inside, you can see materials related to Kawaguchi Ekai's activities and a reproduction of a temple school.
Basic information
- Business hours
- 10:00～17:00（entry ~16:30）
- Holidays
- Tuesdays (or the following weekday if Tuesday is a public holiday), New Year's holiday (December 29th to January 3rd)
- Price
- 100 yen, 80 yen for groups of 20 or more (free for junior high school students and younger, those 65 or older who live in Sakai City, and people with disabilities and their caregivers. Identification required)
- Access
- Approximately 300m from Nankai Main Line "Shichido Station"
Approximately 300m from "Takasu Jinja Station" on the Hankai Electric Railway Hankai Line
- Address
- 〒590-0928 Sakai City, Sakai Ward, Kitahatagocho Nishi 1-3-13
- Telephone
- 072-228-1501
Designated manager: Pasona Joinus Co., Ltd. (inside the Yamaguchi family residence) 072-224-1155
- Fax
- 072-228-1501
- URL
- https://www.sakai-machiyamuseums.com/
