Village In Kanagawa Prefecture

1. Kitamura house

Hadano City, Kanagawa Prefecture
This farmer's house was built in Hadano City, Kanagawa Prefecture. When the house was disassembled for the move to its present location, a writing found on the structural members identified the date of its construction as 1687. The main characterstic of this house is a raised bamboo floor in the living room. This design provided better ventilation.

2. Kiyomiya house Tama ward, Kawasaki City, Kanagawa Prefecture. This closed-in style of farmer's house was built around the late 17th century　in Noborito, Kawasaki city, Kanagawa Prefecture. The house has only three parts that open to the outside to admit light. The floored and un-floored portions of the house are divided by latticed windows. There are characteristics of Japanese farm houses of the early Edo period（1603～1867）.

3. Ito house Asao-ku, Kawasaki City, Kanagawa Prefecture This house was built around the early 18th century for the headman（NANUSHI）of a village located in the northwestern part of Kawasaki City, Kanagawa Prefecture. The KOSHIMADO, or latticed windows that were built in the front center of the house, are called SHISHI MADO or SHISHI YOKE. These specially designed windows would have kept wolves and wild boars from entering the house. 4. Kokagesan shrine Asao-ku, Kawasaki City, Kanagawa Prefecture KOKAGESAN was the god worshiped by silkworm raisers. This shrine was built during the 1860's in Kawasaki City. Inside the shrine there is a small palace that has relief carvings of the KOKAGESAN god's story on its sides.

5. Iwasawa house Aiko County, Kanagawa Prefecture This farmer's house, built around the late 17th century, was originally located in Kiyokawa Village in the Tanzawa Mountains, Kanagawa Prefecture. It consists of three floored rooms and one un-floored room. This is a very typical floor plan of the old houses of this period in Kanagawa Prefecture.

6. Ferryman's hut

Tama ward, Kawasaki City, Kanagawa Prefecture
This is a ferryman's hut built in 1929. It was used as a resting place and a lookout point for ferrymen who worked along the Tama River in Kawasaki City, Kanagawa Prefecture.

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