The Kanda family, which split off from the Wada family, built this gassho-zukuri house around 1850.
The four-story main house was built by a temple carpenter from Ishikawa Prefecture over a period of 10 years, and is a highly finished structure.
The Kanda family once prospered through niter production and sericulture.
The niter production area under the floor is still intact and can be visited.
The first floor of the main house has a hall and sunken hearth, the second and third floors display daily tools and farming implements, and the attic on the fourth floor is an observation area (free).
