It is said that the herring fishing in Tomari Village started about 300 years ago. When the herring fishing reached its peak in the Meiji era (1868-1912), more than 50 herring farms stood side by side in Tomari-mura. The herring store, which brought enormous wealth by herring fishing, was also a symbol of prosperity of Tomari Village.

　The "Kippuri-goden Tomari", which tells the prosperity of those days, consists of "the former Kawamura family banya" built in 1884 (Meiji 27) by Mr. Keijiro Kawamura, a master fisherman, in a unique structure for the master who manages the fishing ground and hired fishermen to live together, and "the former Takei-tei Kyakka" built by Mr. Chukichi Takei around 1916 (Taisho 5) in a building connected with the main building. Both were relocated and restored to their original state, and both are vivid reproductions of the herring fishing days, and were designated as Tangible Cultural Properties in 2001 for the first time in Tomari Village.
The second floor of the "Former Kawamura Family Banya" was originally used by the Kawamura family as a guest room, where business meetings were held, and the prosperity of the past has been passed down to the present.

　Inside the museum, valuable items donated by many people in Tomari Village that tell the story of herring fishing are displayed and preserved, creating a space filled with the history and culture of Tomari Village, which is open to the public as a museum for passing on local culture to future generations.