Museum · Hino

Hino-juku Honjin 日野宿本陣

The only surviving honjin (official inn for travelling lords) building in Tokyo, a big wooden house of 1864 on the old Koshu-kaido highway. The young Hijikata Toshizo of the Shinsengumi trained in the sword dojo here, and volunteer guides bring its story to life.

About

Under the shogunate, daimyo travelling the Koshu-kaido highway stayed at official inns called honjin. The one at Hino-juku, built in 1864 by the Sato family, the town's headmen, is the only honjin building still standing anywhere in Tokyo. The Sato family also ran a Tennen Rishin-ryu sword dojo here. Kondo Isami taught there, and young Hijikata Toshizo, whose sister married into the family, practised there before they founded the Shinsengumi. Hijikata is said to have napped in the entrance room. Volunteer guides walk you through the tatami rooms, the formal reception room for daimyo and the garden. Hino has several Shinsengumi sites, and in May the town holds the Hino Shinsengumi Festival with costumed parades.

Highlights

• The only surviving honjin building in Tokyo, built in 1864
• The site of the sword dojo where Hijikata Toshizo and Kondo Isami trained
• Enthusiastic volunteer guides (mostly in Japanese)
• Formal tatami reception rooms and a small garden
• A base for Hino's Shinsengumi Festival every May

Tips

• A combined ticket covers the Hino Shinsengumi Furusato Museum. Ask at the counter.
• Visit around the Hino Shinsengumi Festival in May for costumed parades.
• Bring a translation app. The guides are very keen to share stories.

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