Pat's Blog

On assignment for Art in Takamatsu this summer, we 3 bloggers for the City’s offices visited the Folk House Open-air Museum and Gallery aka Shikoku Mura.

http://www.japan-guide.com/e/e5402.html
http://www.shikokumura.or.jp/english/index.html




Located in Yashima and a 10 minute walk from Yashima Station the facilities are open year-round with and adult fee of 800 yen and
As the brochure given us at the entrance says, this is a step back in time to scenes of traditional Japan and an encounter with a bygone era.



Most of the thirty-three traditional buildings have been relocated and the Shodoshima Farmers’ Kabuki Theater is s splendid example of Japanese architecture from more than 200 years ago.



Once these theaters were in many places in the countryside in Shikoku to provide entertainment for the farmers and countryside people in much the same way as TV does now I suppose.



The Soy Sauce warehouse and malt house/brewery was of great interest with its traditional implements for brewing soy. I could easily imagine the toil and effort needed to make the things we now take for granted as commodities.



So to see how the people lived in the past, this is a great place to visit and there are brochures in other languages including English for visitors.





I’ll be back for a few blogs in December. As the seasons change, please keep warm and until then ..