Sorry, I don't know why but I'm just not as excited about blogging this time... these are pictures from Hida Folk Village. Hida Folk Village is an open-air museum of close to 30 old farmhouses illustrating the traditional architectural styles of the mountainous regions of Japan.
These are very interesting remnants of some trees. It was like a wooden sculpture garden.
Some of these homes were huge. I expect wealthy extended families lived in them.
Examples of envelopes with elaborate ties for wedding gifts.
A wedding kimono from a wealthy family.
Some of the buildings were used for making silk. The top floors with the high roofs are where the worms were kept. It's hard to make out but in the first picture below the white that looks like cotton is actually silk worm cocoons.
You can touch the worms, they're very soft and actually seem more like caterpillars. They eat mulberry leaves.
The animals used to be kept in the houses, not in separate barns.
Upstairs in a farmhouse.
This is, unbelievably, a 'staircase' or 'ladder' going up higher.
How a thatched roof is put together.
This is where the family would cook and eat. The labels show where a guest, the husband, children, etc. would sit.
There are some crafts you can participate in (for a fee) and we decided to make tea mugs. We should be receiving them in November or December.
We went here the day after we were at Shirakawa-go which is why we didn't pay to go inside any of the buildings there. It was very interesting to see the inside, the information on silk making, etc.
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