Meiji mura

Meiji-mura is an open-air architectural museum/theme park in Inuyama, close to Nagoya in Aichi prefecture, Japan. It changed into opened on March 18, 1965. The museum preserves historic homes from Japan's Meiji 1867–1912, Taisho 1912–1926, and early Shawa 1926–1989 intervals. Over 60 ancient homes were moved and reconstructed onto 1 rectangular kilometre 250 acres of rolling hills along Lake Iruka.

The most noteworthy constructing there may be the reconstructed foremost entrance and lobby of Frank Lloyd Wright's landmark Imperial Hotel, which originally stood in Tokyo from 1923 to 1967, when the primary structure became demolished to make manner for a new, large model of the lodge. The Meiji era turned into a length of speedy alternate in Japan. After centuries of isolation, Japan started out to include ideas from the west, including building styles and production strategies.

Meiji-mura became started by using Yoshira Taniguchi Taniguchi Yoshira 1904–79, an architect, and Motoo Tsuchikawa Tsuchikawa Moto-o, 1903–74, then vice chairman and later president of Nagoya Railroad Meitetsu. While driving the Yamanote line in Tokyo, Taniguchi lamented the sight of the demolition of the Rokumeikan, a image of Meiji technology structure. He appealed to his college classmate Tsuchikawa to sign up for him in working to preserve western fashion Meiji era buildings of cultural or historic importance.