(Translated by Google) Although it is a relatively quiet memorial hall located in a community center, the interior is very clean and the exhibits are easy to understand and do not feel outdated, and aside from its size, it is comparable to cultural museums in urban areas.
The exhibition will not only display historical items, but will also include anecdotes from the western part of Hata, such as the tragic love between freedom and civil rights activists Hayashi Yuzo and Tanaka Tsuna, Ichijo Kanesada and Oyuki, and Nonaka Tsuna, who can be called Japan's first female doctor. There were some very interesting stories on display. Also, the guides at the history museum were very nice to me and I had a good feeling. I couldn't spend much time in Sukumo due to time constraints, but the scenery is beautiful and the food is delicious, so I hope to come back again.
There is also a monument to Tsuna Takeuchi and Mentaro Takeuchi near the parking lot across the street from the front. Tsuna was an influential freedom and people's rights activist, and is also known as the biological father of Prime Minister Shigeru Yoshida, who supported him before and after the war. However, his older brother, Mentaro, who was separated from him that year, was also a man even greater than Shigeru, who devoted himself to the civil rights movement along with his father and built Komatsu Manufacturing, the predecessor of Nissan Motor Co., Ltd., which became the cornerstone of the postwar industrial economy. It is very moving to think that Kizahashi, which was born from the sea of Sukumo, has reached the present day and the world.
If you are interested in "Japanese" history, please stop by.
(Original)
公民館の中にある比較的ひっそりとした佇まいの記念館ですが、内装は非常に綺麗で展示もわかりやすく古びた感じもなく、大きさはさておき都市部の文化館と比べても遜色がありません。
展示には歴史的な物品の展示はもちろん、自由民権運動家の林有造や田中綱、一条兼定とお雪の悲恋や、日本初の女医と呼べる存在でもある野中婉らの逸話など幡多西部の大変興味深い話が展示されていました。また歴史館のガイドの方にも非常に良くしていただき好感触でした。時間の都合であまりいられませんでしたが、宿毛は景色もよく食べ物も美味しいのでまた来られたらと思います。
また道を挟んで正面の駐車場付近には竹内綱・明太郎親子の記念碑があります。綱は自由民権運動家の有力者であり、戦前戦後を支えた名宰相吉田茂の実父としても知られています。しかしその年の離れた兄明太郎もまた、父と共に民権運動に身を投じながら、戦後の工業経済の礎となった小松製作所、日産自動車の前身を築いたある意味茂以上の偉人。宿毛の海から生まれたきざはしが現代、そして世界にまで至っているのだと思うと非常に感慨深いものがあります。
立ち寄る際、「日本の」歴史に興味のある方は是非。