Yamada Ryokan is a famous inn with onsen (hot-spring) in the region . It is in a mountainous area near the border of Nagano pref. and Niigata pref. in central Japan. Locals have gone there for hot-spring cure. A kitchen for long-stay visitors is equipped . The inn has a small museum which shows us its history of over 450 years . 私が住んでいた 松本では知らない人はいませんが、全国的には知る人ぞ知る山の温泉宿 です。松本から北、新潟県との県境にあります。松本の人たちは、湯治で逗留したとのこと。 今も湯治者用の自炊場 があります。 資料館が併設され、 450 年以上の歴史を紹介 しています。 The main building was built more than 150 years ago ; its reception also serves as the museum’s one. Six buildings including this one are designated as national cultural properties . The Buddhist Hall in behind is one of them; it is dedicated to the Healing Buddha ( Yakushi Nyorai ). Every visitor who comes here wants to get healthy. 江戸時代に建てられた本館 。資料館の受付もここです。本館を含み ６棟が国の登録有形文化財 です。裏手にある薬師堂も文化財の一つ。健康を願う湯治客には薬師如来さんがありがたいですね。 Wood reception 、木のレセプション＆カウンター The Japanese style lobby is at the opposite side of t...
The building in behind had many exhibits, which I wrote about in part1 (<link) of this article. I’ll show you special exhibition “Memories of the village and life in the mountain. Photos and articles of everyday use, depict the state of life of the ex-woodturners’ village in the Showa period (1926-1989)”. It was held in the building in front. 奥が part1 （＜リンク）で紹介した木地屋民俗資料館。 part2 では、手前の建物で開催されていた 特別展「集落の記憶・山の暮らし ･･･写真と民具で伝える昭和の木地屋･･･」を紹介します。 The four seasons of the village wherein nine families lived . The photos were taken mainly in around 1960 , so woodturning work had already ended. However, we could know the life in the mountain village. The exhibits would change every other year. ９戸あった集落の四季のようす が記録されています。写真は 主に昭和 30 年代 で、木地師の仕事は終えた後ではありますが、山での人々の暮らしがわかります。なお、特別展は、２年毎に展示がかわるそうです。 Spring 、春 Weeding of rice fields in 1958. I hear it is a painstaking work because an edge of a rice plant stings. Relatives joined and did it together. They had leew...