Their most popular souvenir seemed to be a cheesecake that can be preserved at a normal temperature even in summer. We sampled the cake (it’s still difficult for me to be vegan completely!) and found it very rich.
Near the shop, there was a museum “Sekigahara Warland” that seemed to be well made. Though we didn’t enough time to go inside, we saw some life-size samurai dolls standing in the open air when the bus passed by the museum. In 1600, one of the most significant historical events in Japan took place in this town. It was the Battle of Sekigahara with Tokugawa Ieyasu leading the East Army and Ishida Mitsunari the West Army. After winning this battle, Tokugawa Ieyasu founded Tokugana shogunate in 1603, and the Edo Period began.
The number of soldiers who participated in the Battle of Sekigahara was about 180,000, and 6,000 to 8,000 of them were killed. Beside Sakigahara Warland, there was a temple Hozoji that holds a memorial service for the deceased in October every year. In front of the temple, there was a monument saying, “No More Battle of Sekigahara.” Later, I learned that Sakigahara Warland and this temple were founded in the same year by the same person, and the same message is found in the museum as well. It was impressive.
We stayed in this area for 30 minutes. On our way back to Hamamatsu, we dropped in Kamigo SA again (but on the opposite side on the expressway) and arrived at the parking lot near Hamamatsu-Nishi IC around 7:30. Since the working hours of the driver became too long because of the traffic jam, we were offered taxi-ride from there to the train station free of charge. What a luck!
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