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Japan's first open-air architecture museum, comparing farmhouse types from every region on one site.
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Open-Air Museum of Old Japanese Farmhouses is a museum in Hattori Ryokuchi Park in Toyonaka, Osaka Prefecture. Eleven private houses built in the 17th to 19th centuries, from Iwate Prefecture to Amami Oshima in Kagoshima Prefecture, were relocated into Hattori Ryokuchi, and it opened in 1956 (Showa 31) as Japan's first open-air museum. Its name at opening was "Toyonaka City Folklore Museum." October 1, 1956 (Showa 31) - Opened under the name "Toyonaka City Folklore Museum," and Uozumi Sogoro, professor in the Faculty of Letters at Kansai University, was commissioned as director.
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Founded / opened：1956 Highlights / collection：12 farmhouses from across Japan, Japan's first open-air museum Genre：Architecture, Mingei (folk crafts)
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