Taisho Mura Japanese Old Village
Do you want to avoid crowded places as you travel around Japan? Do you want to experience an old lifestyle and quiet environment on your next trip to Japan? Well, Taisho Mura, a Japanese old village has a lot of things to offer! Let`s have a quick virtual tour in this classic village. You will have some ideas what to expect when you happen to visit this nostalgic and authentic Japanese village.
"Nihon Taisho Mura is a theme park located a five-minute walk from Akechi Station on the Akechi Railway. Volunteers manage and staff the park which is based on the concept of ""Nihon Taisho Mura, streetscapes and customs of the past."" Akechi was once a town full of yarn-making factories, and a streetscape of shops, houses, a library, and a museum from the Taisho period (1912-1926) have been recreated there and contain displays of materials and artifacts pertaining to Taisho culture. Visitors can feel as if they are in a time warp if they take the "Haikarasan Course" in which they dress up in hakama (traditional culotte-style trousers) and roam around the streets in which the atmosphere of the Taisho period remains."
Taisho Mura is in Akechi-cho, which used to be a town with numerous big companies related to forestry and lumber industries. This town used to have the highest financial strength in Gifu prefecture, especially in the 1950s. However, due to the rapid advancement in technological innovations, the number of employees had been reduced, and eventually the place was depopulated. With the sense of crisis that Akechi-cho would be left behind in the process of development, the Tourism Association decided to build Taishomura in 1983.
"Nihon Taisho Mura is a theme park located a five-minute walk from Akechi Station on the Akechi Railway. Volunteers manage and staff the park which is based on the concept of ""Nihon Taisho Mura, streetscapes and customs of the past."" Akechi was once a town full of yarn-making factories, and a streetscape of shops, houses, a library, and a museum from the Taisho period (1912-1926) have been recreated there and contain displays of materials and artifacts pertaining to Taisho culture. Visitors can feel as if they are in a time warp if they take the "Haikarasan Course" in which they dress up in hakama (traditional culotte-style trousers) and roam around the streets in which the atmosphere of the Taisho period remains."
Taisho Mura is in Akechi-cho, which used to be a town with numerous big companies related to forestry and lumber industries. This town used to have the highest financial strength in Gifu prefecture, especially in the 1950s. However, due to the rapid advancement in technological innovations, the number of employees had been reduced, and eventually the place was depopulated. With the sense of crisis that Akechi-cho would be left behind in the process of development, the Tourism Association decided to build Taishomura in 1983.
