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[Held in January 2024] Experience the traditional New Year's experience! "Mura's New Year" -1/3/4-

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The hands-on museum Chiba Prefectural Open-Air Museum Boso-no-Mura (Inba Sakae Town, Chiba Prefecture) will hold an event called ``Mura no New Year'' where you can experience traditional techniques and the way of life of the past. In addition to displaying shime kazari and kadomatsu that have been p...

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What is “Mura no New Year”?

Chiba Prefectural Open-Air Museum Boso-n0-MURA (Inba Sakae Town, Chiba Prefecture) is a participatory museum where you can learn about history by directly experiencing Boso's traditional lifestyle and techniques.

"Mura no New Year" will be held on January 3rd (Wednesday) and 4th (Thursday), 2020, as an event where you can experience the traditional New Year's holidays.

In addition to displaying shiren kazari and kadomatsu that have been passed down from all over Boso, there will also be traditional performing arts such as lion dances and koto performances appropriate for the new year, a falconer's performance, and a serving of ``fukucha,'' which is drunk during the new year. We have many available.

January 2014 dates

“Mura no New Year” in 2014 will be held from January 3rd to 4th. For more information, please check the official website.

http://www2.chiba-muse.or.jp/MURA/

Directions from Narita

To get to Boso no Mura, take the bus bound for Ryukakujidai Garo from the west exit of JR Narita Station for about 20 minutes, get off at the Ryukakujidai 2-chome bus stop, and walk for about 10 minutes.

If you are coming by car, take National Route 51 from Narita City, enter National Route 408, and go straight at the Tsuchiya intersection toward Sakae, about 7 km. The journey takes approximately 30 minutes.

How to enjoy “Mura no New Year”

Enjoy spectacular special events unique to the New Year, including falconer performances, lion dances, and koto music.

In addition, we offer many production experiences limited to this event, such as zodiac doromenko, zodiac pressed picture straps, zodiac papier-mâché torn pictures, and mini daruma doll painting.

Japanese gourmet foods such as warm udon, miso dengaku, and oshiruko are also fun.

Event details

・Date: January 3rd to 4th, 2024

・Holding time: 9:30-16:00

・Venue: Sakae-cho, Inba-gun, Chiba Prefecture

・Nearest station: JR Narita Station (about 20 minutes by bus, about 10 minutes on foot) or JR Anjiki Station (about 10 minutes by bus, about 3 minutes on foot) or JR Shimousa Matsuzaki Station (about 30 minutes on foot)

・Official website: http://www2.chiba-muse.or.jp/MURA/

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Boso-no-Mura is a museum whose purpose is to directly experience Boso's traditional lifestyle and techniques, as well as learn about its history through exhibits of archaeological artifacts excavated from various parts of the prefecture, as well as merchant houses, samurai residences, and farmhouses. The "Craft-making Area" recreates merchant houses, samurai residences, farms, etc. in Boso from the late Edo period to the early Meiji period, including the landscape and environment of those days. In addition to exhibits, visitors can learn about traditional techniques and the lifestyle of the time through direct experience. In the "Fudoki-no-Oka Area" where you can learn about history and nature, you will find rich woodlands and Ryukakuji burial mounds, one of the largest in the prefecture, spread throughout the area. You can see the Fudoki-no-Oka Museum, which exhibits archaeological materials excavated from primitive and ancient ruins, as well as relocated cultural property buildings.

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