Ryukyu Mura
theme park in Onna, Okinawa
Ryukyu Mura (Japanese: 琉球村, Hepburn: Ryūkyū Mura; lit. 'Ryukyu Village') is a theme park and folk museum in Onna, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan. It is an open-air museum featuring ten traditional Ryukyuan residences brought over from different parts of the prefecture, seven of which are Nationally Registered Tangible Cultural Properties. It is also a living museum where visitors may partake in Ryukyuan cultural activities led by staff, who are dressed in traditional Ryukyuan attire.
Attractions and activities
Ryukyu Mura is a reconstructed village containing ten traditional Ryukyuan residences, which were disassembled for transportation and reassembled at the park before it opened on October 23, 1982. The residences range in age from several decades to over two centuries, with the former Nakasone family home, built in 1808, being the oldest. As such, the Japanese government recognizes seven of them as Nationally Registered Tangible Cultural Properties.
The staff at Ryukyu Mura dress in traditional Ryukyuan attire and lead traditional activities that visitors may partake in, such as crafting pottery, weaving cloth, grinding sugarcane, and painting small shisa statues. The park also hosts regular musical performances, showcasing taiko eisa dances, Okinawan folk songs, and sanshin music.
Visitors may rent traditional Ryukyuan clothing before entering the park. The catering area offers traditional Ryukyuan cuisine.
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