The Orii Samurai Residence in Takahashi was preserved as it was 170 years ago, at the end of the Edo period, when it was owned by a high-class samurai holding the title of uma-mawari, guardian of the daimyo (lord).

Photographed here is a life-size diorama installed in the main house, reenacting a peaceful scene from the life of an Edo period samurai family.

Orii Samurai Residence, Takahashi, Okayama

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