Nanto · Japan

Murakami House

hidden gem

Murakami-ke

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contemplative

A local would say...

The owner of this 1578 farmhouse may sing you traditional folk songs as he shows you around.

Dating from 1578, Murakami-ke is one of the oldest gasshō-zukuri houses in the entire region, now a small museum where the proud owner personally shows visitors around. If you're lucky, he'll sing you traditional folk songs, his voice filling the dark timber interior with a warmth that no audio guide could replicate. It's an intimate, human encounter with centuries of mountain life.

Added by Kenji Watanabe