Here are some more shots of the Open Air Architectural Museum. This is the entrance to one of the later-built homes, a politician's house built in 1952. The gardens were really nice.
A view of the outside of the house from the gardens.
This is the inside of the same home. It was built in a mostly Western style, but it still has a lot of the sliding screens and panels that are traditionally Japanese. They're all hand-painted and really beautiful. It also had a huge crystal chandelier on the second story.
The day were visited they were having a festival, so there were lanterns strung up all over the park.
The roof of a
farmhouse, built in the mid-1800's.
The interior of the farmhouse. The volunteers were cooking various dishes that were for sale at the booths outside. I think this was potatoes.
Gen waiting for his tea. In this house the kids could make crafts. They also had face painting.
A close up of the detail on the household goods store. This was built in the 1930's.
The interior of the soy sauce shop. They were selling beer and sake for the festival.
To the left is a paper umbrella shop. The booth in front of the store still sells the
umbrellas. They ranged from a reasonable $10 to over $100. I didn't get one. The building on the right is the soy sauce shop. Behind it is a bathhouse and a bar, both built in the mid-1800's.
Here are some more shots of the Open Air Architectural Museum. This is the entrance to one of the later-built homes, a politician's house built in 1952. The gardens were really nice.
A view of the outside of the house from the gardens.
This is the inside of the same home. It was built in a mostly Western style, but it still has a lot of the sliding screens and panels that are traditionally Japanese. They're all hand-painted and really beautiful. It also had a huge crystal chandelier on the second story.
The day were visited they were having a festival, so there were lanterns strung up all over the park.
The roof of a farmhouse, built in the mid-1800's.
The interior of the farmhouse. The volunteers were cooking various dishes that were for sale at the booths outside. I think this was potatoes.
Gen waiting for his tea. In this house the kids could make crafts. They also had face painting.
A close up of the detail on the household goods store. This was built in the 1930's.
The interior of the soy sauce shop. They were selling beer and sake for the festival. 
To the left is a paper umbrella shop. The booth in front of the store still sells the umbrellas. They ranged from a reasonable $10 to over $100. I didn't get one. The building on the right is the soy sauce shop. Behind it is a bathhouse and a bar, both built in the mid-1800's. 
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