Vivinavi : Kanagawa : (Japan) Kanagawa

Kawasaki Municipal Japanese Folk Houses Garden is an open-air museum of old private houses opened in 1967 with the aim of preserving old private houses, which are rapidly disappearing, for a long time to come. The park features 25 buildings, including representative minka from eastern Japan, a water mill ・ a boatswain's hut ・ and a Takakura ・ a Kabuki stage. All 25 buildings have been designated as cultural properties by the national ・ prefectural ・ municipal government, and the museum also houses folklore materials related to minka, making it one of Japan's representative open-air museums of old private houses.