Denshoen

Open air folk museum.

This folk museum consists of a number of buildings from years past. The main one is the oldest existing L-shaped farmhouse in the region, where family and livestock lived under the same roof. It has a...

Japanese traditional house

I come here to take Lunch. There are traditional local cuisine of Tono. Restaurant house is old Japanese traditional style. It’s good feeling to take lunch in such house. The payment system is.... Wh...

Small and not that informative

Perhaps I was just unlucky, but I failed to get much interpretation in this place, in English or Japanese. It was nice for a short visit, and the buildings were impressive, but I felt it could have be...

Very informative and historic tourist attraction.

I learned so much visiting this place. The people are so welcoming and willing to share history of the lands.

語り部が遠野の民話を語ってくれました

　宮古市から国道340号線を通り、山間を抜けて遠野の市街地が近づいたあたりに、伝承園はありました。 　伝承園というのは、遠野に伝わる民話の世界を体験できる施設で、園内には国の重要文化財に指定されている曲り家「菊池家住宅」をはじめ、遠野物語の話者である「佐々木喜善記念館」、千体のオシラサマを展示している「御蚕神堂」などがありました。 　曲り屋には、靴を脱いで立ち入ることができます。入っていくと、囲炉...