Tuesday afternoon I took the subway to the end of the line, and then a bus to the last stop, to reach the Historical Village of Hokkaido. In this reconstruction of villages from the pioneering days of Hokkaido, actual buildings were moved from their original locations all over Hokkaido, and placed here. The village is organized into 4 parts: a town, a fishing village, a farming village, and a mountain village.
The town had large government buildings, a newspaper building, traditional hotel and shops. Hokkaido was settled by the Japanese starting in the 1800's, at a time when Western culture was being introduced. So large important buildings such as government buildings are in a completely Western style.
Other smaller buildings like shops and residences are in the old traditional Japanese style, with tatami mats on the inside, for example. In a way, the village feels very familiar to me, since it is similar to historical reconstructions of pioneering towns that you can find in Canada.
The town had large government buildings, a newspaper building, traditional hotel and shops. Hokkaido was settled by the Japanese starting in the 1800's, at a time when Western culture was being introduced. So large important buildings such as government buildings are in a completely Western style.
The farming village had an interesting silkworm farm. Overall, the fishing and farming village houses were even more traditional looking:
The mountain village had extremely simple dwellings like a thatched hut. The larger buildings were dormatories for loggers:
Overall I thought the village was well done. You could spend a lot of time there if you looked at everything in detail.
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