Meiji Mura is Japan’s most fantastic open-air museum – walk back over a century in an amazing journey of a changing Japan.
Here you will find nearly 70 buildings saved from destruction, from an era long gone, and showing a changing Japan with a mix of traditional and western influences. Some of the places are simply wonderful, and how they took apart so many buildings and reassembled them all perfectly together here is astonishing. The buildings are all from the Meiji Era (1868-1912) when Japan opened up to modernization and industrialization after 250 years of isolation. Very few buildings from this era have survived, and Meiji Mura has brought in scores from all over the country – and puts all the other similar places to shame. Meiji Mura was opened in March 1965.
There are also old trains and trolleys you can ride, just like they did over 120 years ago.
Meiji-Mura is in Inuyama City, Aichi, about 90 minutes by train and bus north of Nagoya. It is still not well known to the tourist mobs, and it is so large that you can easily spend half a day there. It is about 1.1 km long and 620 m wide. Adult tickets are ¥1700, jr high age and younger ¥600.
Meiji Mura hours: Open 9:30-5:00 (Mar.-Jul. 22, Sep-Oct.)
10:00-17:00 (Jul. 23-Aug. 31)
9:30-16:00 (Nov.)
10:00-16:00 (Dec.-Feb.)
Closed Jan. 7-11, Sep. 3-7, Dec. 17-18, 24, 31, and from Jan. 21-Feb. 25 on Mondays (except national holidays).
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Along with seeing Inuyama Castle, it makes a great day trip.
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