opened in Yamatokà Âriyama, Nara Prefecture, Japan, in 1974. Located at the foot of the within the 26.6 hectare , the museum collects, preserves, and displays artefacts relating to everyday life in Nara Prefecture from the Edo period to the Shà Âwa 40s. Among the forty-two thousand objects in the collection are 1,908 relating to forestry in the Yoshino District that have been jointly designated an Important Cultural Property. In the adjacent park are fifteen Edo-period minka, relocated from elsewhere in the prefecture, including the (ICP).