Okuaizu Museum

Very peaceful...

Original Text

I thought that old farming equipment was only exhibited in the museum, but I was able to visit a place like a small village with a thatched roof, and it seemed that I could experience indigo dyeing. By the way, the other reproduced in addition to the exhibition hall is the horse lodging, the dye shop, the former inomata family residence, and the former Sanno Chaya. Among them, the former Sanno Chaya is a restaurant, so if you eat, you can enter it for free.

the wonderful old tools.

Original Text

I stopped by on the way back to Oze during Golden Week. There were so many folk tools in the building, and there were old folk houses relocated outdoors, and the weather was just fine and the early rhododendron bloomed in the garden, which was a very pleasant place. The vast number of old tools collected are particularly spectacular. Large and small saws used by woodcutters, various fleas and yokis used by woodcutters, farm tools, thread trucks and weaving machines, etc. are devised and wisdom is elaborated according to the scenes used, and slowly and steadily improved ...

Yun Tong

Original Text

It inherits the culture of the Aizu region from ancient times. The thatched roof and soba were very impressive. Soba grows in cold regions.

inheriting the folk culture of okuaizu.

Original Text

It is a museum that preserves and inherits the folk culture and traditions of Okuaizu. At the exhibition hall, the culture of Okuaizu was exhibited in an easy-to-understand manner through folk tools under the theme of "Yama, River, and Road". There are relocated private houses and tea houses outdoors, and I was able to take a leisurely tour. You can also eat at the old Sanno Chaya. It seems that you can also experience indigo dyeing and straw work. The admission fee is ３００ yen.