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Kureha-za Theater from Osaka

Meiji-mura (Meiji Village) in Inuyama was opened on March 18, 1965, as an open-air museum for preserving and exhibiting Japanese architecture of the Meiji period (1868-1912). Meiji was a period in which Japan opened her doors to the outside world and laid the foundation for Modern Japan by absorbing and assimilating Western culture and technology.

Over 60 historical buildings have been moved and reconstructed onto 1 km² of rolling hills alongside Lake Iruka. The most noteworthy building there is the reconstructed main entrance and lobby of Frank Lloyd Wright's landmark Imperial Hotel, which originally stood in Tokyo from 1923 to 1967, when the main structure was demolished to make way for a new, larger version of the hotel.

Especially valuable buildings that were going to be destroyed were chosen, and then brought to Meiji-mura to be reconstructed to their original appearance. Their original locations range from nearly all the islands of Japan to as far as Hawaii and Brazil and Seattle. Ten buildings were designated as an 'Important Cultural Property'. The buildings are arranged so that they will best display their value as a heritage of Meiji culture.

On display inside the buildings are furniture and other items of interst, objects of reference related to the respective buildings, and temporary exhibitions of historic materials as occasions call. Two railroads have been laid in the village and the first Meiji streetcars and steam locomotives are operated to provide visitors with transportation.

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items are from between 27 Aug 2007 & 06 Dec 2007.

Meji Mura by eleventh monkey
Meji Mura park information by eleventh monkey
Meji Mura bus to get us around by eleventh monkey
Oldfashioned but with much-needed airconditioning by eleventh monkey
Just two passengers on the bus by eleventh monkey
Reconstructed main entrance and lobby of Frank Lloyd Wright's landmark Imperial Hotel by eleventh monkey
Registering at Central Guard Station and Ward, Kanazawa Prison by eleventh monkey
Staying at Kanazawa prison by eleventh monkey
Another 'guest' at Kanazawa prison getting ready for the night by eleventh monkey
Head Office of Kawasaki Bank and the Tendo Arch Bridge by eleventh monkey
The inside of the Associated Ward of Maebashi Prison by eleventh monkey
Kureha-za Theater from Osaka by eleventh monkey
Foot-onsening in Bathhouse Azuma-yu by eleventh monkey
Empty onsen at Bathhouse Azuma-yu by eleventh monkey
Steam Locomotive No. 12 by eleventh monkey
Getting on a third class passenger coach by eleventh monkey
Looks similar to modern-day Japanese trains by eleventh monkey
Peek-a-boo by eleventh monkey
Lake Iruka by eleventh monkey
Higashi-Yamanashi District Office in the background by eleventh monkey
Delicious kakigori (shaved ice with syrup) by eleventh monkey
Waiting for the city bus to take us back to Inuyama city by eleventh monkey

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