Muroyano-sono Machiya Museum むろやの園

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Muroyano-sono is a long house (Machiya) museum, formerly the estate of an oil merchant. It is adjacent to Yanai's townscape of white-wall buildings.

Probably built in 1702, Muroyano-sono consists of several buildings clustered together. They include the main building (omoya), main storehouse (hongura), and rice storehouse (komegura).

Muroyano-sono is open 9 am to 5 pm and closed on Wed. and during the year end and New Year's period. Admission is a few hundred yen.

Map of Yanai's traditional townscape area in Furuichi/Kanaya.

Floor plan of Muroyano-sono.

Scale model of Muroyano-sono.

Entrance area of main building, serving as the business office.

Toilet

Urinal

Small shrine outside.

Moon window

Bath tub

Upstairs of main building (omoya).

Ceiling beams

Exclusive room with a koto.

Maid's room

Old lanterns

Charcoal heaters

Gadget storehouse (Dogugoya)

Inside the Gadget storehouse (Dogugoya).

Gadget storehouse (Dogugoya) included old cameras.

Old cameras

Make-up instruments for women.

Combs

Samisen

Phonograph

Bento lunch boxes

For tea

Bento lunch boxes for rice.

Mirrors

Courtyard with roof tile decorations.

Farming tools

Palanquin

Kitchen stove

Weaving

Palanquin

Armor

Firefighting equipment

Adjacent to Muroyano-sono is this distinctive building hat used to be Suo Bank built in 1907 and designed by Sato Setsuo. It is now the Tourist Information Office and local museum. 町並み資料館

Former Suo Bank serving as tourist information office.

About the former Suo Bank building.

Inside the Yanai tourist information office and local museum.

Scale model of Yanai's traditional townscape.

The second floor also has exhibits.

Exhibits about a prominent local singer.

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