Takita Family Residence, Maritime and house museum in Tokoname, Japan.
Description
The Takita Family Residence is a maritime museum and historic home from the 1850s in Tokoname featuring period rooms with furnishings, ceramics, and lacquerware. The spaces demonstrate how a prosperous merchant family lived and conducted their shipping business from this location.
History
The family operated wooden vessels transporting ceramics, rice, and sake between Tokoname and the Edo region via Ise Bay during the era of maritime trade. The house preserves this period when sea commerce was vital to the local economy.
Culture
The residence displays traditional Japanese merchant architecture with details that reflect the family's daily life and social status. You see how affluent traders lived and used their homes as both workspace and living quarters.
Practical
The museum is within walking distance of central Tokoname and sits near other cultural sites like pottery studios and craft workshops. Visitors should allow time to move through the rooms at a leisurely pace and examine the collections without rushing.
Did you know?
A detailed 1:15 scale model reveals the exact construction of the trading vessels the family operated and the technical advances they incorporated. This model offers a rare look at maritime engineering as it was practiced in historical Japan.
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