Noradokei

In the mid-Meiji period, when each house did not have its own clock, Genma Hatakenaka, an old family and landowner of the area, learned how to assemble clocks himself, and handcrafted everything from the gears to the weights to create this clock tower. The prototype for this clock tower was an American-made octagonal wall clock that hung in the Hatakenaka family's kitchen at the time, and it is said that he learned how clocks are made by disassembling and reassembling it many times. Since ancient times, people have been able to tell the time from afar even while working on the farm nearby, and it is still loved by many people today as a "Noradokei." [Notes for visitors] Noradokei are private residences. The interior is not open to the public. You can only view the exterior from outside. There is a free parking lot on the east side, so please use it. Large buses can also park there.