Moving a 320 year old house across an ocean from Japan to California

The wooden structure survived the firebombing campaigns of Japanese cities during World War II and will soon be leaving its longtime home to become part of the famed Japanese Garden at California’s Huntington Library. Their home became the legislative hub of the village and will now become a portal for Huntington visitors to see what life was like centuries ago in Japan. Along with the house, the Huntington will also receive the home’s kura, a storehouse for the village’s rice and grain.

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