Tono Furusato Village
culture
遠野ふるさと村
Open-air museum of thatched farmhouses in the valley that inspired Japan's most famous folk tales.
An open-air museum preserving L-shaped magariya farmhouses from the Tono valley, the setting of Kunio Yanagita's famous folklore collection. Visitors can try traditional crafts like straw weaving and charcoal making in the restored farmhouses. The surrounding landscape of rice paddies and wooded hills evokes the rural Japan that inspired generations of folk tales.
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