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Nanmoku (南牧村, Nanmoku-mura) is a village located in Gunma Prefecture, Japan. As of 31 July 2020, the village had an estimated population of 1,746 in 971 households, [1] and a population density of 15 persons per km². The total area of the village is 118.83 square kilometres (45.88 sq mi).
The Japanese Village, known in Thai as Ban Yipun or Muban Yipun (หมู่บ้านญี่ปุ่น; Japanese: アユタヤ日本人町, romanized: Ayutaya Nihonjin-machi), was a historic Japanese ethnic enclave just outside the capital city of the Ayutthaya Kingdom that flourished from the 17th century to the mid-18th century, now in the area of Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya District.
A village (村, mura) [a] is a local administrative unit in Japan. [1] It is a local public body along with prefecture (県, ken, or other equivalents), city (市, shi), and town (町, chō, sometimes machi). Geographically, a village's extent is contained within a prefecture.
Room plans were either a four-room square, or a larger six-room structure, plus their earthen-floor space. The Shinto shrine housing the village deity is located on high ground near the village centre and is nowadays surrounded by Japanese cedar trees. A Buddhist temple of the Jodo Shinshu sect forms the religious centre of the community. [1]: 51
The Association of the Most Beautiful Villages in Japan (「日本で最も美しい村」連合, Nihon de mottomo utsukushii mura rengō) is a Japanese nonprofit organization of listing some of the most beautiful villages and towns in Japan. The association is active on enhancement and protection of Japanese rural heritage, cultural fairs, and ...
Japanese Village may refer to: Japanese Village (Ayutthaya), a former settlement and museum in Ayutthaya, Thailand; Japanese Village (Dugway Proving Ground), a US Army weapons test facility; Japanese Village, Knightsbridge, a 1885–1887 exhibition in Knightsbridge, London; Japanese Village and Deer Park, a defunct amusement park in Buena Park ...
Minka (Japanese: 民家, lit. "folk houses") are vernacular houses constructed in any one of several traditional Japanese building styles. In the context of the four divisions of society , Minka were the dwellings of farmers, artisans, and merchants (i.e., the three non- samurai castes ). [ 1 ]
A Cultural Landscape (文化的景観, bunkateki keikan) is a government-designated [1] landscape in Japan, which has evolved together with the way of life and geocultural features of a region, and which is indispensable for understanding the lifestyle of the Japanese people.