Gokasho was home to many Omi merchants who plied up and down Japan during the Edo Period to sell and trade their wares. They became quite successful selling medicines, lacquerware, sake, etc.

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Wall of former home of Omi merchant Tonomura Shigeru (1902-1961) (外村 繁邸).