Edo Century Dream | Edo-Tokyo Open-Air Architectural Museum 🌿

🍃🌺As someone utterly fascinated by ancient and modern culture, I finally had the chance to visit the "Edo-Tokyo Open-Air Architectural Museum." 🪷 This "Edo Architecture Museum," hidden within Koganei Park, preserves 30 culturally and historically significant buildings from within Tokyo. It's not just a "replica"—it's the actual structures, moved here piece by piece, from different parts of Tokyo, with every beam of wood and tile carefully relocated. 🍃🌺 🎋 The park meticulously recreates representative Japanese-style and Western-style buildings, mostly private residences belonging to politicians, architects, bankers, and other prominent figures. These spaces are designed to reflect the original owners' lives and family scenes, with interiors that showcase the design aesthetics of their time. 🪷 Each building has its own unique charm, and there are moments when I felt transported back to a leisurely afternoon a century ago, with the residents lounging on tatami mats, enjoying the sun and sipping tea. 🍃🌺The Mitsui residence, the house of Kunio Maekawa, and the Shibatora bathhouse are particularly worth lingering over. 📍: 3-7-1 Rokumachi, Koganei City, Tokyo 💴: 400 yen 📺: 9:30-17:30 (Closed on Mondays and holidays) #JapanTravel #TokyoTravel #Architecture 🏡✨