A Fun Open-Air Architectural Museum

A time trip to buildings from Edo, Meiji & Taisho Eras

Yoshiko Toyama Dec 08, 2013 - 1 min read

<p>Built by Georg de Lalande (Meiji Era)</p>

<p>Toden Arakawa Line train (beginning of Showa Era)</p>

<p>Old street view of shops and houses</p>

<p>A model of the public bathhouse in the Hayao Miyazaki movie "Spirited Away" (beginning of Showa Era)</p>

<p>Takahashi Korekiyo's house (Meiji Era)</p>

<p>Inside of the Kaisui-Ann, a house for traditional Japanese Tea Ceremony (Taisho Era)</p>

<p>Exhibition of artifacts that have been unearthed</p>

<p>Late Autumn in the park...Cherry blossom season is also beautiful here</p>

I took a half-day trip in late autumn to Musashi-Koganei Park, a very beautiful and peaceful place. The Tamagawa Jousui (water purification system for Tokyo) runs through one side of this park. Some people were running, others cycling, playing, and walking their dogs. And you can also find a free museum inside, the "Edo Tokyo Open Air Architectural Museum" Wow it's like a time-trip! Some buildings are from the Meiji Era (1868-1912), some from the Taisho Era (1912-1926), and even some are from the Edo Era (1603-1867)...A very rare experience, for sure.

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Yoshiko Toyama @yoshiko.toyama

Basically, I enjoy making short videos. I studied film making at The Persons Art School in New York a long, long time ago. At that time I used 16mm film with a Bolex movie camera. Film was not digitized yet. Nowadays I shoot & edit my videos with very basic equipments, like the Victor Everio a...