Kanazawa Yuwaku Edomura, History museum in Yuwaku Onsen, Japan

Kanazawa Yuwaku Edomura is an open-air museum in a hot spring area displaying twelve relocated and restored historical buildings from the early Edo to early Meiji period. The structures showcase residential architecture and daily life from different social classes during that era.

The museum opened in September 2010, when the city of Kanazawa relocated and rebuilt Edo-period buildings on the site of the former Kanazawa Edomura in the Yuwaku hot spring district. The buildings were moved from Kanazawa, elsewhere in Ishikawa Prefecture and as far as Fukui Prefecture, and all are registered as Important Cultural Properties or as designated cultural properties of the prefecture or city. The Kanazawa Cultural Promotion Foundation manages the site, and a local preservation society of Yuwaku residents runs activities such as fumigating the thatched farmhouses and holding workshops.

The buildings display how people from different social ranks lived during the Edo period, from farmers to samurai. You can observe how interior spaces, materials, and furnishings changed based on someone's position in society.

The museum grounds are located in a hot spring area and are easy to walk through, making it suitable for a half-day visit. Wear comfortable shoes since you will walk between scattered buildings spread across the park to see all structures.

The open-air museum opened in September 2010 on the site of the former Kanazawa Edomura, next to the closed Hakunrō Hotel in the Yuwaku hot spring district. A residents' group, the Kanazawa Yuwaku Edomura Preservation Society, leads activities such as fumigating the thatched farmhouse and holding workshops and shoji paper-covering sessions.