What is Hamayashiki?
Hamayashiki is the former residence of the Suita
village head during the Edo Period. It was donatedto Suita City to be used for cultural activities andcommunity development, so once renovated it
became the Suita History & Culture Center. In 2004
the nickname Hamayashiki was chosen by thepublic as it sounds familiar to local residents.
Yashiki means an Edo period estate and the wordhama appears in the name of the two local blocksof Takahamacho and Minami-takahamacho.

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The surrounding area was comprised of farming
villages from around 1,200 years ago and began
to develop from a small port into a rural trading
post during the Edo Period because it is situatedat the crossroads of the trading routes of Kameoka
Kaido (Highway) and Suita Kaido (Highway), and theKanzaki Canal linking Kyoto, Osaka, and Kobe.
Remains of the Suita river-crossing at the Kanzaki
River, situated 200 meters to the south, is where
Hamayashiki conducted water transportation ofgoods with the permission of the Edo Government.
The site of the former Suita City Hall can be foundnorth of Hamayashiki.

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Former Nishio
Family house“Asahi-Street”
CommunityCenter
Takahama
ShrineTaiko
PharmaceuticalKannon
Suita-ohashi
TempleBridgeKanzaki River
Takahama-bashi
hama-bashi
BridgeHamayashiki

Motor
Cycle shop

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AikawaClinica
Aikatiwon
Stayu
Hank Line
Kyoto

Please come by public transportation
6-21 Minami-takahamacho, Suita City, Osaka Prefecture 564-0025
15 mins by foot from Suita Station (JR Kyoto Line)
10 mins by foot from Aikawa Station (Hankyu Railway Kyoto Line)

Takahama
ShrineFormerSuita City Hall

Kameoka
Suita Highway
HighwayGeneral Information

Minamimachi
Signpost
Miyanomae
StreetKanzaki River

Hamayashiki
Suita-River-Crossing

TEL : 06-4860-9731 FAX : 06-4860-9725
Opening Hours : 9:00am to 10:00pm
Closed : The year-end and New Year holidays
Admission : FreePublication : Suita History & Culture Center

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Kura ― Warehouse Buildings

Omoya ー Main Building

These three adjacent earthen-walled
warehouses are thought to have been
built in late Edo Period. Heyakura iscurrently being used as a multi-purpose
room, Nakanokura as an art gallery andmusic studio, and Suminokura as theSuita History & Culture Resource Room.

This main building built using traditional construction techniques is at thecenter of life of Hamayashiki. It is thecombination of tatami rooms, characteristically laid out in the shape of ricepaddies, and the doma room. The roof,constructed in a style called irimoyazukuri gives a feeling of calm and relaxation.

Roof tiles originally made in Suita are used in the path around the warehouses, office, and main building.

Gallery and Music StudioThis room is used for art exhibitions
and music rehearsals, in addition tosmall scale concerts. Fully equippedwith picture-hanging rails, piano, andsound proofing.

Multipurpose Room

Welcome to Hamayashiki

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Kura

Storeroom
Suita History & Culture
Resource RoomWest Garden

Multipurpose
Room

Inner GardenThis room retains its original joists
and wooden paneling.

HettsuiDanjiri
CartOffice

DomaInformation

Omoya

主屋Omoya

Suita History & Culture
Resource RoomVideo and photo panels in this roomdemonstrate Suita’s development as atrading post town on the kaido trading
routes and as a strategic stop for foottraffic and water trading. Visitors canalso enjoy video footage of traditional
Suita folk tales here.

Gallery and Music Studio
piano

Shimonodaidokoro
OchimaKaminodaidokoro

Butsuma

ZashikiChanoma

Genkannoma

Tsuginoma

Kanjonoma

Main Entrance

Japanese Garden

EastGarden

Doma (Hettsui)
In this earthen-floored room calleddoma or tataki is an area in front of themain entrance door where rice received
from taxation is stored. In the back is asink and fireplace used for cooking.
People in Osaka called this fireplacehettsui, and this one has five brazieropenings for cooking connected
together forming a smooth arc shape.

Danjiri Cart

Gallery and Music StudioThis is an original danjiri cart (Portable shrine
pulled by townsfolk during festivals) built in theEdo period. The names and dates of the carpenters and engravers who decorated it are found on
plaques and written documents, and the condition and most of the materials of this danjiri cart
are the same as when it was originally built.

At present there are 7 original danjiri inworking order in Suita which is rare even in
Osaka Prefecture. As such, these have beendesignated tangible folk cultural properties by Suita City. The danjiri on display ischanged annually, and all are paraded
during the annual Suita Festival.

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