Miyamoto Musashi Childhood Home

A five-minute drive from the Ohara Interchange or a 10-minute walk from the Miyamoto-Musashi Station on the Chizu Express. This historical site is located just across the road from the Miyamoto Musashi Rest Area, close to the Musashi Museum, and it is the birthplace of the Miyamoto Musashi, the famous sword-saint from the early Edo period. To the side is a monument marking the location of Miyamoto Musashi's birth. The original building that Musashi was born in 1584 has since disappeared and the current building was rebuilt with tiled roof in 1942. The original house sported a thatched roof and it's located the near the shrine, so they believed that it had been Miyamoto's residence. The residence can only be viewed from the exterior.