Ogino House in Yakushiike Park

Two old thatched roof houses stand in Yakushiike Park, both moved there and preserved as examples of private homes from the Edo Era. The house in these photos belonged to a doctor named Ogino, who built it as a clinic in what was then a rural area of Machida. After the doctor's death it became a family house. It provides a fascinating glimpse of the lifestyle of late Edo times.

(The second thatched roof house is the Nagai House.)