Edo Tokyo Tatemono-en
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On 11th November, 2015 STEP students of Japanese Culture class went to visit Edo Tokyo Tatemono-en located near Musashi-Koganei Station about 10 mn by bicycle. Eco-Tokyo museum is one of historical museum in Tokyo where we can find many old structure houses.

One of them that caught my interest was the house of high-ranking official who had been assassinated long time ago. His house was very special compared to other houses. There were many rooms which served for different purposes such as ancestor room, tea ceremony room, storage room for keeping Kimono and other stuffs, dining room and so on. The house is very big and more specious in each room, and some rooms were covered by beautiful painting such as flock of birds, mountains, and others. As a matter of fact that most of houses including his house were mostly constructed by wood and paper; for example, the wood door using paper to cover, the wood piles of the house, etc.

Besides, we also visited ancient village in that museum where a few restaurants and stores located for serving local people in that period. Particularly, not far from restaurants and stores, there is a public bath for people who would like to relax in the hot water during winter or when it was cold weather. Honestly, I also like taking hot water because It makes me feel very very good!! Last but not least, before we left the museum, we visited the old style city bus which was quite different from bus nowadays. Summing it up, this visit has allowed me one more view about Japanese living style especially about different kinds of houses and infrastructure in that ancient village.

Written by MEN Vuthy
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