< About Yoshino family and Nagareyama > This diary was written in the late Edo period by Tsuneuemon Yoshino. Yoshino is a very old family. Yoshino family was a family of samurai long time ago. Then they became farmers. He lived with his family including retired parents and several helpers. He owned a lot of lands and he belonged to local government as a village head called Nanushi. Yoshino family had lived in Shibasaki at Nagareyama city. Nagareyama is 25km away from the Edo castle, so they could go to Edo for a half day trip by foot. Asakusa, which is a major entertainment district in Edo, is 20km away. During that time there were about one million people living in Edo, so it was already one of the biggest city in the world with a lot of entertainment. There are many rich forests in Nagareyama. There are also Shinto shrines and Buddhist temples. Even today, there are agricultural farms for rice and vegetables. In Naga...
How to enjoy daily life in Japan before the industrialization (more than 100 years ago). Most Japanese were farmers and poor, but they enjoyed their lives without smartphones and fossil fuels. Through old diaries, exhibits in museums and books, we could find their fun. 百年以上前、スマホや化石燃料を使わなくても人々は日々の暮らしを楽しんでいました。多くは農民で、豊かではなかったけど。昔の日記、資料館の展示品、書籍から、その生き方を学ぶ。「遊びをせんとや 生まれけむ 戯れせんとや 生まれけん」、ですよね。