[Tamba City, Hyogo Prefecture] From Osaka! Take a stroll through the streets that have a sense of history! "Castle Town Kaibara Walking Model Course"

Kaibara Station is a station in Tamba City, Hyogo Prefecture.
You can walk from the station and explore the streets where you can feel the history.
JR Fukuchiyama Line express trains stop here, so you can get there from the Osaka area by direct express train.

The museum was established adjacent to the nationally designated historic site, the Kaibara Domain Jin'ya Ruins, as a facility for collecting, preserving, researching and exhibiting materials primarily from the Kaibara Domain.
In 1997, the Ta Stejo Memorial Museum, which houses a collection of valuable belongings from Ta Stejo, a female haiku poet from Kaibara in the mid-Edo period, was opened adjacent to the museum.

Oda Nobuyasu constructed a jin'ya with permission from the shogunate in 1714. It burned down in 1818 but was later rebuilt.
The surviving buildings are the Nagayamon gate, which was the main gate of the jin'ya, and part of the Omote Goten palace, but it has been designated a national historic site as one of the few remaining jin'ya remains in the country and is also valuable for considering the transition of the educational system from the end of the Edo period to modern times, as it was used as an elementary school from the Meiji period onwards.

The former Hikami High School, built in 1885, has been renovated and reopened as the Tamba Reimeikan.
It is one of the oldest school buildings in Hyogo Prefecture, and is well-preserved and designated as a Hyogo Prefecture Important Tangible Cultural Property (Structure) as a valuable structure. There are also meeting rooms and free spaces within the building, which are used as a rest spot.
Reimei Cafe opened in November 2024.

This shrine was founded in 1024 as a Bekku of Iwashimizu Hachimangu Shrine in Kyoto.
The current shrine building was rebuilt by Toyotomi Hideyoshi in 1585 and is designated as an Important Cultural Property of Japan. The shrine grounds also contain a three-story pagoda and a bell that are designated as Important Cultural Properties of Hyogo Prefecture, making this an extremely rare shrine in Japan that still conveys the scenery of the time when Shinto and Buddhism were syncretized.
The great festival to ward off evil spirits, held every year on February 17th and 18th, is loved by people as "Tamba Kaibara's God of Evil," and is crowded with worshippers from all over the country.

The roots of a large zelkova tree, estimated to be 1,000 years old, form a natural bridge spanning the 8-meter-wide river.
It has been designated a natural monument by Hyogo Prefecture and is a beloved symbol of the city.

This three-story tower was built during the Edo period.
On the top floor there is a large drum called the "Tsutsuji Taiko," which was struck to announce the time, to warn of fires and floods, as a signal to enter the castle, and when the feudal lord returned to his domain from Edo on his alternate attendance system.