“Hida Folk Village” is an open air museum and site area is an approximately 99,000 sq. m. It exhibits about 30 typical farmhouses and buildings, including a few “gassho-zukuri” traditional Japanese homes built with steeply pitched thatched roofs, from the Hida region, the mountainous district of Gifu Prefecture around Takayama. About 30 old private houses with sloped- and thatched-roof houses which bore the heavy snowfall were reconstructed in the village. This village was created by moving old folk and farming homes from various villages and the nearby Shirakawa-Go region to one particular place.

Features of Hida Folk Village in Japan
- A collection of traditional farmhouses from the surrounding region.
- The purpose is to give the traveling visitors as well as the residents of Japan a concrete idea regarding the history and culture of the Japan.
- Some of these structures feature traditional craftsmen plying their arts.
- The decorative details of these structures including the interiors are very fascinating.
- All the exhibited buildings are well preserved displaying even the everyday utensils.
- The surrounding wooded hills are dotted with religious shrines, both Buddhist and Shinto.
All exhibited buildings are carefully preserved, display everyday utensils and are open to the public to explore. Near the entrance is a beautiful glass fountain by Rene Lalique, which once stood in the Paris Lido; further on, the collection includes exquisite sixteenth-century goblets, Tiffany glass lamps and rooms designed by Charles Rennie Mackintosh.

Establishment: July 1, 1971
Opening day: open throughout the year
Opening time: 8:30-17:00 (at the time summer, autumn and winter light-up extended)
Entrance price: Adult 700 yen, small junior high school student 200 yen