Excellent museum. We recently started to do this kind of museums whenever we travel. If we see that they have it there we go and check it out.

There are over 20 different houses from different areas of Japan, that have been transplanted here to conserve their heritage and show how people in Japan lived throughout the centuries and differences between different areas of Japan in how they lived and incorporated their livelihood in to their homes.

Also it is interesting to see how the people with money lived compared to the poor within Japanese culture.

What strikes the visitors most, specially us that come from other parts of the World and within our consumeristic current society is how frugal all of them lived. The houses of the rich differentiated from those of the poor, mainly on the size of it as well as the material used for the details. There weren't furniture as such or decorative pieces in 90% of the houses, some detailing on the walls and tatami mats on those that could afford it and the odd murals or paintings.

It is a wonderful exhibit to visit, there are some houses, or were when we visited in middle of October, being refurbished with materials and techniques of the era and that makes it for an even better stroll through the park.

If you like culture, architecture and the way people live, then please do not miss the opportunity to visit this museum!