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I'm lost .

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I'm Petty Officer Victoria Sibel and

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I'm at the Japan Open Air Folk House

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Museum located in Kawasaki . It's also

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known as Nihon Mkay . Here stands a

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collection of old Japanese folk houses

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that capture their traditional

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architecture from the 17th to the 19th

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century that have been relocated to

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this area . Another traditional

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experience that happens here located on

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the west side of the park . The

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traditional indigo dyeing workshop ,

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aizome is one of the oldest dying

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methods in Japan indigo dyed cloth is

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known to have many medicinal insect

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repelling and anti bacterial properties .

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It was also used to protect the bodies

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of mini samurai who went into battle

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today . The indigo color is called

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Japan blue or samurai blue . Get out

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there , get lost , stay curious and

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stay kind . See you next time .