Meiji Mura Open Air Museum

Meiji Mura, Aichi is an open air museum showcasing Meiji period (1868-1912) architecture and culture. Meiji Mura or - Meiji village - museum is located in Inuyama, near Nagoya in Aichi prefecture, Japan. The Meiji Mura Open Air Museum in Japan preserves historic buildings from Japan's Meiji (1867-1912), Taisho (1912-1926), and early Showa (1926-1989) periods. Over 60 historical buildings have been moved and reconstructed of rolling hills alongside Lake Iruka.

Meiji Mura Open Air Museum in Japan was the brainchild of Taniguchi Yoshiro (an architect and professor at Tokyo University) and Moto Tsuchikawa (an executive of the Meitetsu Company). Meiji Mura Open Air Museum in Japan was opened on March 18, 1965 on the banks of the Lake Iruka reservoir, with 15 buildings.

Though Meiji Mura Open Air Museum in Japan is still operated by Nagoya Railroad, a subsidiary company was created in 2003 to oversee it and nearby Little World.

Features of Meiji Mura Open Air Museum in Japan

Meiji Mura Open Air Museum in Japan is one of Japan's several outstanding open air museums. It displays over fifty buildings from the Meiji Period. The features of Meiji Mura Open Air Museum in Japan are as follows:

- The most noteworthy building at Meiji Mura Open Air Museum in Japan is the reconstructed main entrance and lobby of Frank Lloyd Wright's landmark Imperial Hotel.

- The period and its architecture are characterized by a strong influx of Western concepts and techniques.

- Representative buildings from across Japan have been relocated to Meiji Mura Open Air Museum in Japan in order to preserve the period's architectural and cultural heritage.

- Entrance hall of the old Imperial Hotel is beautifully located in a vast wooded area next to Iruka Pond. It takes at least half a day to cover all of the museum's exhibits.

- The house used by the authors Ogai Mori and Soseki is a pretty representative example of a private residence in a well-to-do part of the city at the time

- The gothic St. Francis Xavier church, which was the former Catholic cathedral of Kyoto (built in 1890), is interesting especially for those who haven't visited pre-Vatican II cathedrals.

How to reach Meiji Mura Open Air Museum in Japan

Meiji Mura is located in Inuyama City. From Nagoya Station, you can take the Meitetsu Inuyama Line to Inuyama Station. From Inuyama Station there are three to four Meitetsu buses to Meiji Mura Open Air Museum in Japan per hour.

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