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Murakami machiya and Ningyo-sama Meguri（村上の町屋と人形さま巡り）

むらかみのまちや Townhouses of Murakami

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A castle-town street of living merchant houses; each spring the families set out their inherited dolls, turning homes into galleries.

Type	Architecture
Genre	Architecture / Mingei folk crafts
City / town	Murakami
Founded / opened	Edo period
Area in the prefecture	Kaetsu

FAQ

Where is Townhouses of Murakami?: It is in Murakami, Niigata Prefecture, Japan. It is an architecture.
What can I see at Townhouses of Murakami?: A castle-town street of living merchant houses; each spring the families set out their inherited dolls, turning homes into galleries. The focus is architecture, mingei folk crafts.
When was Townhouses of Murakami established?: It dates from the Edo period.

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