Ogatamura Kantaku Hakubutsukan

This Land Reclamation Museum in Oogata Village provides all the history of Oogata and the land reclamation.

Oogata Village is a large village created on reclaimed land. Hachirougata was the second largest lake in Japan after Lake Biwa but now only one eighth remains after land reclamation of roughly two hun...

The museum of amazing project Hachiro-gata

You can. Learn about Hachiro-Gata which was man-made land. It is the largest reclamation project in Japan. Unfortunately this museum is not English friendly but you can see many photos or items actu...

National project "hachirogata reclamation"

Original Text

It is an exhibition facility about the first national project "Hachirogata Reclamation". The exhibition is made in an easy-to-understand manner about the background of Hachirogata Reclamation. I think you can enjoy it even more if you can read the line between the exhibitions.

Government side から see た Gantuo の History display

Original Text

The reclamation project promoted from the necessity of improving the food situation after the war. The facts from the government side are described as 々. The large chronological table describes the history of reclamation dating back to the Meiji period. There are letters such as the reduction and anti-reduction policy on the way, but what happened as a result is not exhibited.

Learn the history of reclamation of hachirogata

Original Text

You can learn about the history of reclamation of Hachirogata. It's not very wide, so ２０－３０ minutes is enough. You can also ask for a volunteer guide.