In Yamato-Koriyama City, Nara, there is a complex called Yamato Folk Park which includes the Prefectural Folk Museum, a Children's Playground, and folk houses that have been either recently re-constructed or refurbished－all found in a natural park setting.

We can see 15 old folk houses which were moved from various districts in this prefecture. In the north and central areas of this prefecture houses were mostly thatched. Farmers used to keep a cow in their houses, which usually lived in the first room (where straw was laid like a carpet) nearest the entrance. Cows played an important role in farming such as pulling a cart with a heavy burden, helping to cultivate fields and so on.

Another picture shows two farmers working to get rid of dirt from threshed rice. They turn a big fan inside the machine by hand which separates the dirt from the rice (the dirt is actually blown away). This machine was called a "Tohmi", meaning Chinese Fan.

We can see and learn how people once lived and worked (about 50 yrs. ago). The houses, machines, tools and daily goods remind elderly people of their childhood. Young people can also learn about the old life and work back then in Nara Prefecture.