This local history museum enables visitors to learn about the nature, history, and literature of Ashibetsu City. The Star Dome at the museum allows visitors to experience the night sky, and the Magic Vision Video system reproduces the living conditions of coal mine tenements around 1953. Exhibits include coal mining materials, archaeological finds excavated from the Takisato Sites, and valuable literary materials about Hiroshi and Akiko Yosano, a couple renowned in Japanese poetry.