This is the third and final article in a series of articles about Edo Tokyo Open Air Architectural Museum in Koganei, Tokyo. I walked around the west zone of the park to see and photograph the “Edo” buildings. The camera in my hand was a Lumix G99, and I used three lenses, the Leica DG8-18mm, 12-60mm, and 50-200mm.
The earthen floor of the farmhouse, which is said to have been built in the middle of the Edo period. The thickness of the beams is amazing.
This is the hearth of the same farmhouse. It is an open structure with no “ceiling” part of the room, and has a long free-standing hook that is fished down from a beam!
The view of the thatched attic is spectacular and a realistic reminder of life back then.
Speaking of realistic, real daikon radishes are drying in the eaves of this farmhouse, and here, too, there is no compromise in the pursuit of reality at the Museum.
It was just the season for silver grass to break out its ears. It was beautiful, shining against the backlight with thatched roofs in the background.
This is a late Edo period building, the home of the Hachioji Doshin Gumigashira. I know that I am not very educated when I write this, but I thought “it looked like something you would see in a TV historical drama.”
The inside of the house looks like this, with the solid and sturdy construction typical of a samurai house. Of course, there were no electric lights in those days, so it must have been quite dark inside the house in the Edo period.
The last one is not an Edo building, but I’ll upload a photo of the autumn leaves that were still there and beautiful that day.
I stayed for about 3 hours with a lunch break (there is a coffee shop and snack service in the park), but it didn’t take long because we were so engrossed in shooting and walking around. The park is an outdoor facility, so it depends on the temperature and weather, but I think that even if you don’t have a hobby of photography, you will definitely enjoy your visit if the conditions are favorable.
I highly recommend the Edo-Tokyo Open Air Architectural Museum.
