Shimabara Shinozuka samurai house

One of the best preserved samurai houses in Shimabara belonged to the Shinozuka family, a low ranking samurai with an income of just 8-13 koku (1 koku was the quantity of rice enough to feed one person for one year).

It's a typical samurai house, simple and without embellishments, and today it is opened to visitors decorated with life-size dolls representing the people living here during the Edo Period.