Mōri Museum
Mōri Museum opened in Hōfu, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan, in 1966. It occupies part of the Former Mōri Clan Main Residence, dating from the Meiji and Taishō periods, of which twelve component structures have been jointly designated an Important Cultural Property and the gardens a Place of Scenic Beauty.Photo: TT mk2, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Museum
- Description: museum in Hōfu, Yamaguchi, Japan
- Also known as: “Mohri House”, “Mohri Museum”, and “Mōri Residence”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Saba Shrine and Suō Kokubun-ji.
Saba Shrine
Shinto shrine
Photo: Saigen Jiro, CC0.
Saba Shrine is a Shinto shrine, which is situated 470 metres southwest of Mōri Museum.
Suō Kokubun-ji
Buddhist temple
Photo: Saigen Jiro, CC0.
Suō Kokubun-ji is a Shingon-sect Buddhist temple in the Kokubunji neighborhood of the city of Hōfu, Yamaguchi, Japan. It belongs to the Kōyasan Shingon-shū sect and its honzon is a statue of Yakushi Nyorai. Suō Kokubun-ji is situated 720 metres west of Mōri Museum.
Hōfu Tenmangū
Shinto shrine
Photo: OS6, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Hōfu Tenman-gū is a Shinto shrine in Hōfu, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan. It is one of the main shrines dedicated to Tenjin, the deified form of Sugawara no Michizane. Hōfu Tenmangū is situated 1¼ km west of Mōri Museum.
Mōri Museum
- Categories: historic house museum, tourism, and tourist attraction
- Location: Hofu, Yamaguchi, Chugoku, Japan, East Asia, Asia
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Latitude
34.06329° or 34° 3′ 48″ northLongitude
131.58699° or 131° 35′ 13″ eastOpen location code
8Q6H3H7P+8QOpenStreetMap ID
way 490152838OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=museumWikidata ID
Q11547697
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Slovenian—“Mōri Museum” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “舊毛利家本邸”
- Fulah: “Mōri Museum”
- Japanese: “毛利博物館”
- Japanese: “毛利氏庭園”
- Japanese: “毛利邸”
- Slovenian: “Muzej Mori”
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