{"id":770,"date":"2007-11-22T22:16:41","date_gmt":"2007-11-23T02:16:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bugfox.net\/fun\/2007\/11\/22\/takayama-hida-folk-village\/"},"modified":"2008-09-28T13:48:53","modified_gmt":"2008-09-28T17:48:53","slug":"takayama-hida-folk-village","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bugfox.net\/fun\/2007\/11\/22\/takayama-hida-folk-village\/","title":{"rendered":"Takayama: Hida Folk Village"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Hida Folk Village (<em>Hida no Sato<\/em>) is a collection of traditional village houses dating from the 18th through the early 20th centuries. Many of them were moved here to preserve them when waters from a nearby hydroelectric dam eliminated a number of old villages.<br \/>\n<!--more--><br \/>\n<img src='https:\/\/bugfox.net\/fun\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/11\/hidanosato.jpg' alt='Hida Folk Village' \/><\/p>\n<p><img src='https:\/\/bugfox.net\/fun\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/11\/hidanosato2.jpg' alt='Hida Folk Village' \/><\/p>\n<p><img src='https:\/\/bugfox.net\/fun\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/11\/hidanosatomill.jpg' alt='Water Mill' \/><\/p>\n<p><img src='https:\/\/bugfox.net\/fun\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/11\/hidonosatohouse4.jpg' alt='Wakayama House' \/><\/p>\n<p>Many of the houses contain people engaged in traditional crafts. Few of them speak English. I&#8217;m not sure what this guy is doing. Something to do with silk production perhaps?<br \/>\n<img src='https:\/\/bugfox.net\/fun\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/11\/hidonosatocraftsman.jpg' alt='Craftsman' \/><\/p>\n<p><img src='https:\/\/bugfox.net\/fun\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/11\/hidanosatoricefield.jpg' alt='Rice Field' \/><\/p>\n<p>The house of the village head family has rooms separated by shouji panels that can easily be removed to create a large room for village meetings.<br \/>\n<img src='https:\/\/bugfox.net\/fun\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/11\/houseofvillagehead.jpg' alt='Taguchi House' \/><\/p>\n<p>Wood block printing.<br \/>\n<img src='https:\/\/bugfox.net\/fun\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/11\/hidanosatoblockprinting.jpg' alt='Block Printing' \/><\/p>\n<p><img src='https:\/\/bugfox.net\/fun\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/11\/hidanosatohouse16.jpg' alt='House with Green Roof' \/><\/p>\n<p>A simple rural shrine.<br \/>\n<img src='https:\/\/bugfox.net\/fun\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/11\/hidanosatotorii.jpg' alt='Torii' \/><\/p>\n<p><img src='https:\/\/bugfox.net\/fun\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/11\/hidanosatofoliage.jpg' alt='Foliage' \/><\/p>\n<p>A woodcarver.<br \/>\n<img src='https:\/\/bugfox.net\/fun\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/11\/hidanosatowoodcarver.jpg' alt='Woodcarver' \/><\/p>\n<p><img src='https:\/\/bugfox.net\/fun\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/11\/hidanosatocarvings.jpg' alt='Carvings' \/><\/p>\n<p>The sign on this display provides an alternate interpretation of beckoning cats, according to which the color of the cat determines what it is beckoning for. I don&#8217;t know whether this is a regional difference in the folklore or whether it is something some marketing people came up with in order to sell more cats.<br \/>\n<img src='https:\/\/bugfox.net\/fun\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/11\/hidanosatocats.jpg' alt='Beckoning Cats' \/><\/p>\n<p><img src='https:\/\/bugfox.net\/fun\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/11\/hidanosato3.jpg' alt='Hida no Sato' \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/bugfox.net\/fun\/category\/japan-vacation\/?order=asc\">All Entries For This Trip.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Hida Folk Village (Hida no Sato) is a collection of traditional village houses dating from the 18th through the early 20th centuries. 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