Japan – Takayama December 15 & 16, 2002

The interior of one of the house museums, the family had a shop out front and lived in the center and rear of the building.

T A person making tatami mats in a small one-person shop.

These are the books for the shopkeeper. All of their transactions over 100 years were kept here .

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Takayama is also a center of the woodworking craft. Most of the people are carvers, but a few make furniture, and we were lucky enough to see some examples of modern Japanese craft furniture, made by very talented artisans.

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