TAKAYAMA JINYA

During the Tokugawa reign, this group of buildings was the seat of the provincial government. Nowadays, visitors enter through the main gate, which used to be used by high-ranking dignitaries. On the left you can see the audience rooms. Commoners had to kneel and call out in the dark before a barrier that prevented them from advancing. To the south, the rice granaries which received the volume and the amount of the taxes of the shogunate. We visit a torture chamber with explanations on the technique used.