Miyajima History and Folklore Museum: Traditional Merchant House 宮島歴史民俗資料館 各展示館概要 （保存民家）

Just beyond the wide entrance is a tatami-mat room on the left, the floor of which is considerably higher than that of the entrance hall. This simple, functional space is where the soy sauce merchant would sit when serving customers. The other rooms in the house are more ornate, some of them featuring hanging scrolls and other artwork on the walls. Another sign of affluence is the sturdy horizontal beam in the middle of the house. It supports the entire structure and was cut from a single pine tree, and is thus likely to have been very expensive.

After viewing the interior rooms, visitors can relax in the room facing the inner garden. The garden was built after the Egami family discontinued its soy sauce business in the early 1900s and the house was turned into a residence for the keeper of a ryokan inn. The pond has koi carp in it, which visitors are welcome to feed from April to October.