Boso-no mura

 museum, village, living history museum, interesting place

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Boso no Mura ("Boso Village") is an open air museum that aims to expose its visitors to the traditional local lifestyle and crafts of the Boso region of Chiba Prefecture. It reproduces a typical local village of the Edo Period (1603-1867), complete with merchant houses, workshops and farms.

This place is basically divided into two areas, namely "Fudoki-no-Oka area" (風土記の丘エリア), where visitors can learn about history and nature from the many excavated artifacts from tombs and ancient temples in Chiba prefecture, and "Furusato-no-Wazataiken area" (ふるさとの技体験エリア), an area where visitors can experience first-hand various types of Japanese culture such as traditional crafts and events that have been passed down through the generations.

At the various craft workshops in the village, visitors can participate in traditional papermaking, blacksmithing and the tea ceremony or try on a Japanese armor. Hands on activities on the farms depend on the season and include crop harvesting and bamboo craft making. Four festivals are held during the year, one in each season.

A public park with dozens of kofun burial mounds from the Kofun Period (300-538 AD) surrounds the Boso no Mura open air museum. Some artifacts excavated around Chiba Prefecture are displayed at the Fudoki-no-oka Shiryokan, an archaeological museum found nearby.

Next to the archaeological museum there are also a few reconstructed pit houses from the Jomon Period (13000-300 BC), while three more reconstructed historical buildings, two residences from the Edo Period and a school from the Meiji Period, are found elsewhere in the park.

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From Narita Station, take a Chiba Kotsu bus bound for Ryukakujidai-Shako and get off at the Ryukakujidai-Ni-Chome bus stop (20 minutes, 390 yen, 2-3 buses per hour), from where the Boso no Mura can be reached in a ten minute walk.

Alternatively, take the JR Narita Line from Narita Station to Ajiki Station (10 minutes, 190 yen, two trains per hour) and take a Chiba Kotsu bus bound for Ryukakujidai-Shako. Get off at the Boso no Mura (10 minutes, 210 yen, 1-2 buses per hour) bus stop in front of the open air museum.

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Boso-no-Mura “Spring Festival”
Early in May Before or after the Children’s Day on May 5
On “Children’s Day,” hands-on activities, a craftsman’s demonstration sale at the front of the shop, and other activities are conducted.

Boso-no-Mura “Autumn Festival”
Early November (around Culture Day on November 3)
Traditional technology and life style of Boso district are introduced. Demonstration of craftsmanship and live performance of ancient martial art are offered.

Contact : Boso-no-Mura Museum TEL.0476-95-3333