Open-Air Museum of Old Japanese Farmhouses

The Open-Air Museum of Old Japanese Farmhouses, located within Hattori Ryokuchi Park in Toyonaka City, is an outdoor museum showcasing a collection of 12 traditional farmhouses from across Japan, all dating from the Edo period (17th–19th century). The museum features carefully restored homes along with daily life artifacts, offering visitors a rare glimpse into the architecture and lifestyle of historical Japanese rural communities.

The houses are of the following styles:

• A gassho-zukuri house from Shirakawa Village, Ono District, Gifu Prefecture

• A magariya (L-shaped farmhouse) from southern Iwate Prefecture

• A takakura (raised storehouse) from Amami Oshima

The farmhouses at the Open-Air Museum:

• The Nagayamon Gate from Kawachi Fuse (Osaka)

• Farmhouse from Hyuga Shiiba (Miyazaki) Important Cultural Property

• Farmhouse from Shinano Akiyama (Nagano) Important Cultural Property

• Farmhouse from Yamato Totsukawa (Nara) Osaka Prefectural Tangible Cultural Property

• Farmhouse from Echizen Tsuruga (Fukui) Osaka Prefectural Tangible Cultural Property

• Chashitsu Tearoom from Kitakawachi Osaka

• Magariya from Nambu (Iwate) Osaka Prefectural Tangible Cultural Property

• Rural Kabuki Theater from Shodoshima (Kagawa) Osaka Prefectural Tangible Folk Cultural Property

• Takakura Elevated Storehouse from Amami Oshima (Kagoshima) Osaka Prefectural Tangible Cultural Property

• Farmhouse from Settsu Nose (Osaka) Important Cultural Property

• Gassho-zukuri Farmhouse from Hida Shirakawa (Gifu) Important Tangible Folk Cultural Property

• Rice Granary from Dojima Osaka

The museum frequently hosts a variety of events, special exhibitions, and hands-on experiences, including stone mill demonstrations, traditional craft and dressing workshops, tea ceremonies, and weaving sessions.

Hattori Ryokuchi Park is a large, versatile green space offering something for everyone. Sports enthusiasts can enjoy tennis courts, a softball field, artificial turf soccer field, and futsal courts. The park also features the Hattori Ryokuchi Equestrian Center, an outdoor music hall, Waterland, a barbecue square with restaurants, a botanical garden with seasonal flowers, forested walking paths, and playgrounds for children. In addition, the park has areas and facilities suitable for organising a variety of events, making it a perfect destination for outdoor fun, sports, family activities, and gatherings.