Facilities & Locations
Former Shirai Family Residence Front Gate
Nagaya Gate with a Rest Area Inside the 20-meter-long Gate House
- 15 min
- Free
- Open
Built in 1846, it was moved to its current location in 2000. A massive gate serving as living quarters for one of the Sanada clan’s vassals, the samurai Shirai, and others.
Today, it is a free rest space where you can get information and also where the Association of Volunteers for Matsushiro Cultural Heritages serves tea.
Highlights of Former Shirai Family Residence Front Gate
Location・Opening Hours・InquiriesInquiry
- Location
- 〒381-1231
204-3 Matsushiro, Matsushiro-machi, Nagano
- Inquiries
- TEL:0120-691-792
- Hours
- April‐October 9:00–17:00 (Last entry 16:30)
November‐March 9:00‐16:30 (Last entry 16:00)
- Closed
- Dec. 29 – Jan. 3
Admission fee
FREE
Access ・ Parking lot
- Public transportation
- Bus:
30 min from Nagano Station’s Zenkoji exit.
Board the Alpico Bus (No. 30) bound for Matsushiro at boarding point #3.
Get off at the Matsushiro-eki stop and walk 3 min.
- Private vehicle
- 10 min from the Nagano Interchange
- Parking
- Sananda Treasures Museum Parking
(5 min walk to the Former Shirai Family Residence Front Gate)
Lot: 3 large-size buses and around 70 regular vehicles
- Accessibility
- Multipurpose toilet
Accessible parking spaces:
Former Shirai Family Residence Front Gate: 1
Front of the Sananda Treasures Museum: 1
Municipal parking lot: 2
