Nihon Minka-en (日本民家園) is a park in the Ikuta Ryokuchi (生田緑地) Park of Tama-ku, Kawasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan.
On display in the park is a collection of 20 traditional minka (民家) (farm houses) from various parts of Japan, especially thatched-roofed
houses from eastern Japan. Of these, nine have received the designation
of Important Cultural Assets from the national government. The houses
are varied, and include examples from regions of heavy snow, lodgings
for travellers, and a theatrical stage. Visitors can see regional
variety and differences in construction.
The park is operated by the city of Kawasaki. Admission is free to
visitors who are not older than junior-high-school age. The entrance is a
fifteen-minute walk from Mukogaoka-Yuen Station on the Odakyu Odawara Line.
Kanagawa Prefecture (神奈川県 Kanagawa-ken) is a prefecture located in the southern Kantō region of Japan.[1] The capital is Yokohama.[2] Kanagawa is part of the Greater Tokyo Area.
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