Matsusaka City Guide Nature Premium Wagyu History Matsusaka City Matsusaka is located in Mie Prefecture, near the center of Japan. With the sea to the east and mountains in the west, Matsusaka’s gorgeous natural scenery is a joy in every season. World-famous Matsusaka Cattle are raised right here in the city. Matsusaka, where history and culture blend Matsusaka City Tourist into peoples’ everyday lives, is the perfect 1 2 Matsusaka Cotton Center Information Center 松阪もめん手織りセンター place to enjoy with a leisurely stroll around 豪商のまち松阪 観光交流センター This center works to hand down knowledge about the traditional On the first floor you can get information on sightseeing handicraft Matsusaka Cotton. Fabric, kimono, and accessories on town. and places to eat in Matsusaka. There are also many sale all feature a beautiful indigo striped pattern, and make excellent souvenirs and special products of Matsusaka for sale. The souvenirs. Also popular with customers is the authentic Edo-period second floor introduces the history of Matsusaka through a loom, which you can use to hand-weave the fabric yourself. video playing in the theatre room (with English subtitles) and an exhibit of informational panels. This facility is a great place to start exploring Matsusaka City. Matsusaka IC 0 100 200 300m Matsusaka Agricultural Park Bell Farm 12 4 Former Ozu Residence Motoori Norinaga Matsusaka City (Matsusaka Merchant Museum) Memorial Museum/ Cultural Asset Center Former Hasegawa Residence 10 Suzu-no-Ya "Haniwa Museum" 3 旧小津清左衛門家 8 本居宣長記念館・鈴屋 旧長谷川治郎兵衛家 ATM This is the former residence of Ozu Seizaemon, a 166 The Hasegawa family made its fortune as cotton Castle Guard Matsusaka Castle successful merchant who traded paper and cotton on a Residences 7 merchants in Edo (now Tokyo). The estate features large scale in Edo (now Tokyo). Despite the simple exterior Ruins Matsusaka historical architecture such as wooden lattices, five 御城番屋敷 松坂城跡 with wooden lattices and a bamboo fence, the site is City Parking storehouses, and a roof supported by a distinctive surprisingly spacious and two mud-walled storehouses 9 (Free of Charge) udatsu beam—one of only three remaining in Mie ATM 11 Matsusaka City Museum are preserved within. It also features a rare, huge money Prefecture. Centered around a pond and full of chest. It is a great place to learn about the lives of the of History and Folklore beautiful greenery, the garden is a pleasure to visit in Former Residence of 松阪市立歴史民俗資料館 Matsusaka merchants who ran stores in Edo. Harada Jiro all seasons. Items on display include tools preserved 原田二郎旧宅 Matsusaka by the family over the years and a recently discovered Citizens collection of golden coins. Hospital ATM Ozu Yasujiro Matsusaka City Matsusaka Museum Carillon Parking Parking for Bus City Hall 小津安二郎青春館 (free of charge) Sakanai River 13 Matsusaka City Tourist 3 Former Hasegawa Information Center Residence ATM 豪商のまち松阪 旧長谷川治郎兵衛家 観光交流センター 1 2 6 Remains of Motoori Matsusaka Cotton Norinaga’s Residence Center 本居宣長宅跡 松阪もめん手織り 5 センター 4 Birthplace of the 6 Remains of Motoori Norinaga’s Mitsui Family Former Ozu Residence 三井家発祥地 (Matsusaka Merchant Museum) Residence 旧小津清左衛門家 本居宣長宅跡 Souvenir Shop まつさか交流物産館 5 Birthplace of the Mitsui Family The former site of Norinaga’s residence “Suzu-no-ya”, Tourist Information Center which was relocated to a location adjacent to the Motoori 松阪駅観光情報センター 三井家発祥地 Norinaga Memorial Museum, contains Norinaga’s beloved ATM Mitsui Takatoshi, the great merchant who established garden pines, the residence’s foundation stone, a stone Matsusaka Station the foundation for the Mitsui zaibatsu (a conglomerate of monument, and the home of Norinaga’s son Haruniwa. companies), was born in the city of Matsusaka. Although During Norinaga’s time, the homes of Matsusaka this site is not open to the public, it contains a memorial merchants stood side by side around his residence. Walk to the birthplace of the family and the well which was in this area and you will be transported back through “Matsusaka Free Wi-Fi” is available at most sites. used to give Takatoshi his first bath as a newborn. time to the Matsusaka of two hundred years ago. 1 2 Matsusaka's local specialties 7 Matsusaka Castle Ruins 8 Castle Guard Residences 松坂城跡 御城番屋敷 Matsusaka Castle was built in 1588 by the These residences were home to samurai military commander Gamo Ujisato. The original warriors of the Kishu Domain who guarded castle tower was lost in a typhoon long ago, but Matsusaka Castle at the end of the Edo the impressive stone walls remain and earned period (1603-1868). Unusually for such a Matsusaka a spot in Japan’s Top 100 Castles. site, descendants of the samurai continue to The site is well known among locals as a great live here to this day, and it has received place to relax and enjoy the scenery. Visitors national designation as an Important Cultural can look forward to plum, cherry, and wisteria Property. One of the houses is open to the blossoms in spring and gingko leaves turning public. gold in autumn. Matsusaka Beef 松阪牛 Calves of about 7 to 8 months with excellent pedigrees carefully selected from all over the country, starting with Hyogo Prefecture. They are then fattened and treated with the utmost care for about 3 years. As is widely known, they are fed beer to stimulate their appetite and massaged to encourage blood flow, thereby distributing fat evenly. The strictly managed Matsusaka Cattle Individual Identification and Management System ensures consumer peace of mind by providing information about the handling and shipping of Matsusaka City Museum Motoori Norinaga Former Residence products. 9 10 11 The Matsusaka Cattle Competition is held every year at the end of of History and Folklore Memorial Museum/ of Harada Jiro November. In the competition held in 2002, the first prize cow was 松阪市立歴史民俗資料館 原田二郎旧宅 sold for a record 50 million yen. Matsusaka beef is known for its Suzu-no-Ya tender and finely marbled texture that can be cut even with This historical building was originally built 本居宣長記念館・鈴屋 Harada Jiro (1849-1930) was a financial chopsticks, and its taste is highly praised around the world as a to serve as a library in 1911. On exhibit inside advisor active from the Meiji through the work of art. Motoori Norinaga (1730-1801) was an Edo are materials related to Matsusaka merchants Taisho period. He used all of his personal period researcher of classic Japanese and their wares, such as Matsusaka Cotton assets to establish a foundation for public literature such as Kojiki and The Tale of Genji. and Ise Oshiroi Face Powder. The museum welfare. His home is located in the middle of The Motoori Norinaga Museum features gives a good introduction to Matsusaka town, a historic area where samurai residences Matsusaka Cotton Norinaga’s former residence “Suzu-no-Ya,” culture. once stood side by side. The building original manuscripts, self-portraits, and 松阪木綿 preserves the style of architecture commonly Norinaga’s favorite bells. (“Suzu-no-Ya” used for homes of samurai in the Edo period. means “House of Bells”.) Matsusaka Cotton was sold and popularized by the Matsusaka merchants who launched their ventures in Edo (now Tokyo), where its beautiful indigo blue and tasteful striped pattern captivated locals. Matsusaka City Cultural Ozu Yasujiro Nowadays in Matsusaka, you can try on a Matsusaka Cotton 12 13 kimono and walk around town, or use a loom to weave Asset Center Museum Matsusaka Cotton yourself. "Haniwa Museum" 小津安二郎青春館 松阪市文化財センター One of the greatest Japanese film directors, Ozu Yasujiro spent 「はにわ館」 10 years of his childhood in There is a permanent exhibit Matsusaka (from 1913 to 1923). of haniwa (clay figures used in Though the house Ozu had lived ancient funerals) excavated at in burned down in 1951, this the Takarazuka burial mound. museum was built and opened at One of the haniwa is shaped like the site in December 2002. The Matsusaka Green Tea a ship, and is the largest of its museum mainly features related 松阪茶 kind in Japan. This and other documents and materials of his artifacts have been designated 10 years in Matsusaka. Mie Prefecture’s green tea production ranks third in as Important Cultural Properties The eternal theme of Ozu’s Japan for the amount of land used and quantity of Japan. The redbrick warehouse films, familial love, must have produced. Matsusaka is home to a variety known as built close to 100 years ago been deeply related with his life Fukamushi Sencha. It is steamed twice as long as ordinary houses a gallery, and is used for and experiences in Matsusaka. green tea, which gives it its deep green color and mellow, city residents’ artistic activities. The museum exhibits Ozu’s sweet flavor. The blessings of a mild climate, rich soil, and personal items and photographs the morning mists of the Kushida River produce a wonderfully to reproduce that era. fragrant tea. In Matsusaka, you can enjoy this delicious 3green tea while being taught the correct way to drink it. 4 至 津・四日市 名古屋 雲出川 Leading to Tsu, 河川敷公園 Yokkaichi & Nagoya Kumozu Riverside Park 6 Birthplace of Matsuura Takeshiro Leading to Tsu, Kintetsu Osaka Line Yokkaichi & Nagoya 松浦武四郎誕生地 5 Matsuura Takeshiro Memorial Museum Entire Map of Matsusaka City 松浦武四郎記念館 伊勢中川駅 Meisho Line Ise-nakagawa Sta. Kumozu River 嬉野ふるさと会館 嬉野考古館 Gonushi Beach Tsu City Nishi-nippon Seven Three Golf Club Matsusaka City Ureshino ハマボウ群生地 Furusato Hall, Hibiscus hamabo fields Mie-ureshino Hot Spring Matsusaka City Ureshino Nakamura River Archaeological Museum Gongen-mae Sta. Rokken Sta. 格子戸の街並み（市場庄町） 嬉野PA Lattice Door Streetscape Matsusaka Port Ureshino Rest Area Ise-nakahara (Ichibasho-machi) Sta. 天白遺跡 Mukaiyama Tumulus 松名瀬海岸 Tenpaku Ruins Matsunase Beach COCOPA RESORT CLUB 三重フェニックスゴルフ Kushida River COCOPA RESORT CLUB Kaminosho MiePhoenix Resort Golf Sta.