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This traditional Japanese house with a thatched roof was built about 10 yeas ago with just the same technique used to build the houses in the Edo period about 250 years ago. Relatively rich farmers had lived in such houses. In the house, there are kitchen, main room with a fireplace in the middle of the floor, guest room, and a horse's room. In the second floor, there is an employee's room. This area recently was reformed to reproduce the old "Satoyama" which means the border area between mountains and rice fields. On the day I visited, an event, "Slow life lecture", was open.
Satoyama means "the border zone or area between mountain foothills and arable flat land". This area ...
Annual trip to Tokyo, Aug-Sep 2011. Day walk circling Tamako along the Tamako cycling road (although...
Annual trip to Tokyo, Aug-Sep 2011. Day walk circling Tamako along the Tamako cycling road (although ...
Annual trip to Tokyo, Aug-Sep 2011. Day walk circling Tamako along the Tamako cycling road. Happened ...
These sunflowers have been planted on the idle land in an apartment complex, Murayama Danchi, for the...
Annual trip to Tokyo, Aug-Sep 2011. Day walk circling Tamako along the Tamako cycling road (although ...
Annual trip to Tokyo, Aug-Sep 2011. A day trip circling Tamako along the Tamako cycling road. A glimp...
A well in the hole. Hamura, Tokyo. For bad ground condition, ancient people couldn't gouge a deep cra...
Tama area is the name of the western part of Tokyo Metropolis. It consists of 26 cities, 3 towns and a village. A lot of people (about 4 milion) live in a eastern half part of the area. However, there are many mountains in the western part of Tama area, and there are very little flat land. Many hiking spots are in the western area, so you can enjoy walking on the trail, camping, and so on. If you see the beautiful mountain scene, you may not believe this is also in Tokyo.