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Michinoku Folklore Village

House museum · Kitakami, Japan

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Michinoku Folklore Village
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History

Michinoku Folklore Village is an open-air museum folk museum that opened in Kitakami, Iwate Prefecture, Japan in 1992. The twenty-eight buildings include ten thatched minka, among them the Former Kanno Family Residence, an Important Cultural Property.

Text from the Wikipedia article “Michinoku Folklore Village”, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Visiting

This is a house museum. Opening times, tickets and access change, so check the official website before you travel. Get directions.

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