Take a retro and romantic trip. Recommended spots to learn about the Meiji, Taisho, and Showa eras [Tokai area] 

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In the Tokai area, there are facilities themed around the Meiji, Taisho, and Showa eras.

"Museum Meiji Mura" is located in Inuyama City, Aichi Prefecture. "Nihon Taisho-mura" is located in Akechi-cho, Ena City, Gifu Prefecture. The Showa Era Lifestyle Museum is located in Kitanagoya City, Aichi Prefecture. At each facility, you can experience the richness of each era.

It is recommended not only as a spot for going out, but also as a spot where you can learn about each era. Would you like to learn history while having fun?

An open-air museum where famous buildings have been relocated and preserved
"Museum Meiji Mura"

Frank Lloyd Wright's famous architecture "Imperial Hotel Central Entrance"

Gothic architecture with beautiful stained glass "Saint Xavier's Cathedral"

​Museum Meiji Mura" is located in Inuyama City, Aichi Prefecture. It is an open-air museum where famous buildings mainly from the Meiji Era, Taisho Era, and early Showa Era have been relocated and preserved.

Meiji Mura began with the desire to somehow save modern architecture that was destined for demolition. Without this facility, the Imperial Hotel and Natsume Soseki's house would have been destined to be demolished.

When relocating, they carefully dismantle one by one, assign numbers to the parts, transport them, and rebuild them. Meiji Mura is a place where valuable Meiji buildings are handed down to future generations.

Kyoto City Tram, the first streetcar in Japan

At Meiji Mura, 67 buildings, including 11 designated as national important cultural properties, are exhibited on a hill of 1 million square meters with beautiful scenery facing Iruka pond. The site area is vast, and it is the third largest outdoor theme park in Japan.

It is often used as a location for dramas and movies, and the scenery spreads as if you had traveled back in time to the Meiji era.

In the village, there is also the “Haikara Costume Museum” where you can enjoy taking commemorative photos while dressing up in Meiji period-style dresses, Yagasuri, and Hakama.

In addition, the “Meiji gourmet” that can only be eaten here is also attractive! Please enjoy gourmet food unique to Meiji Mura, such as Japan's first cocktail "Denki Bran" and the symbol of civilization "Gyu-nabe".

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2018.06.21

Inuyama, Meiji Mura: Have Fun Learning about the Architecture of the Meiji and Taisho eras!

https://life-designs.jp/webmagazine/meijimura

愛知県犬山市にある「博物館 明治村」。明治時代の建築をメインに、大正時代や昭和初期までの名建築が移築・保存されている野外博物館です。東海エリアの方は家族とのお出かけや社会科見学などで一度は訪れたことがある方も多いのではないでしょうか。明治村の創設は、「取り壊しの運命にあった近代建築をなんとか救いたい」という想いからはじまりました。帝国ホテルも、夏目漱石の家も、この施設がなければ取り壊される運命でした。移築する際は、ひとつひとつていねいに解体をし、部材には番号をつけて運び、立て直しをしています。...

[Museum Meiji Mura]
Address: 1 Uchiyama, Inuyama City, Aichi Prefecture
Business hours: Please check on the official website
Closed: Please check the official website

http://www.meijimura.com/

The entire town has been turned into a theme park.
"Nihon Taisho-mura"

Nihon Taisho-mura

Taisho Roman Museum

"Nihon Taisho-mura" is located in Akechi-cho, Ena City, Gifu Prefecture. It was conceived and established as a town revitalization project in Akechi Town, Ena District in 1989 (Showa 63).

Unlike a typical theme park, the whole town is a theme park as it is. The entire townscape of the old days has been preserved, and you can meet Taisho culture everywhere in the town, such as the dignified village office and the storehouse-style museum.

“Taisho-mura Romantei” at the entrance of Taisho-mura reopened on October 27, 2016 after renovation as a place to learn, see, taste, and enjoy the Taisho era. Inside, there are food and drink tenants and a direct sales store for local specialties.

At Taisho-mura Romantei, you can also rent costumes as part of the “Yagasuri Hakama Wearing Experience”!

"Taisho Alley" retains the atmosphere of the Taisho Period. The contrast between the black and white of the warehouses is a distinctive feature of this alleyway, which is flanked by a rice warehouse where tribute rice was paid by local families and a warehouse of a kimono store that has been in existence since the Edo period. You can enjoy the feeling of going back in time to the Taisho Era.

Other attractions include the Taisho Roman-kan, a Western-style building with a Taisho Modern image, the Nihon Taisho-mura Museum, which houses valuable documents, and the Taisho-mura Roman-tei café.

Feel like you've slipped back in time to the Taisho era, and visit for a stroll!

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2020.05.08

Taisho Romantic Journey - Let's walk around "Nihon Taisho-mura" as a fashionable person!

https://life-designs.jp/webmagazine/taishoumura

岐阜県恵那市明智町にある「日本大正村」。ここは、一般的なテーマパークとは違い、町全体がそっくりそのままテーマパークに。古き時代の町並みをまるごと保存しており、重厚な造りの村役場や、土蔵造りの資料館、町のいたるところで大正文化と出会うことができます。今回は、矢絣袴（やがすりはかま）の衣装をレンタルして、ハイカラさん気分で街を散策してきました。大正ロマンを感じる旅のスタートです。日本大正村とは？日本大正村は、岐阜県恵那市明智町にあるレトロテーマパーク（野外博物館）です。1989年（昭和63年）に恵那郡...

[Nihon Taisho-mura]
Address: 456 Akechicho, Ena City, Gifu Prefecture (Nihon Taisho-mura Tourist Information Center)
*Please note that the venue may be closed due to weather or maintenance, so please contact us in advance.
http://nihon-taishomura.or.jp/

Let's learn about life in the Showa era!
"The Showa Era Lifestyle Museum"

The Showa era was a period of about 60 years in which life in Japan changed dramatically.

Especially in the 30s of the Showa era (1955-1965), electric appliances such as televisions, refrigerators, and washing machines became popular, and it can be said that this was an era of the most dramatic changes, such as the shift from dim light bulbs to bright fluorescent lights.

The Showa Era Lifestyle Museum located in Kitanagoya City, Aichi Prefecture, exhibits and preserves the lifestyle of the Showa era. It's nostalgic for those who lived in the Showa era, and retro and fresh for later generations. It is popular among a wide range of generations when it comes to learning about life in the Showa era.

There is also a corner where life in the Showa period is reproduced in life size.

This is an image of a farmhouse in Kitanagoya City around 1945-30. It seems that it was after the Meiji era that people began to eat around the chabudai.

The first basement floor of The Showa Era Lifestyle Museum is lined with classic cars and motorcycles.

From the late 1950s to the early 1960s, "Car", "Cooler (air-conditioning)" and "Color television", which were called "New Three Treasures (3C)", became new necessities of life.

The Showa Era Lifestyle Museum You can enjoy learning about life in the Showa era. It is surprising that admission is free to see such a valuable collection.

At the special exhibitions held three times a year, you can learn about the Showa era from various angles, so every time you visit, you will discover something different.

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2021.02.19

レトロで懐かしい！北名古屋市にある「昭和日常博物館」で、昭和時代の暮らしを知...

https://life-designs.jp/webmagazine/showa-nichijyo-hakubutukan

約60年という年月で日本の暮らしが大きく変化した、昭和時代。特に昭和30年代は、テレビ・冷蔵庫・洗濯機などの電化製品が普及し、薄暗い裸電球から白々とした蛍光灯へ変化するなど、最も変化の激しかった時代といえます。そんな昭和時代の暮らしについて展示・保存しているのが、愛知県北名古屋市にある「昭和日常博物館」です。昭和時代を過ごした方には懐かしく、以降の年代にはレトロで新鮮。昭和時代の暮らしを知れると、幅広い世代に親しまれています。場所は、名鉄犬山線「西春駅」から徒歩25分ほど。西春駅から市内循環バス｢き...

[The Showa Era Lifestyle Museum (Kitanagoya City Museum of History and Folklore)
Address ：53 Osakaki, Kumanosho, Kitanagoya City, Aichi Pref.
Telephone number ：0568-25-3600
Admission : Free

https://showa-era-lifestyle-museum.city.kitanagoya.lg.jp/

This time, we introduced facilities where you can learn about the Meiji, Taisho, and Showa eras. It is recommended not only as a spot for going out, but also as a spot where you can learn about each era!