This Old House

I've been neglectful of this blog this week. So I'm going to attempt to catch up.  Last Monday Greg was off work so we decided to check out the Nakamurake Old House. It is just what the sign promised. It was a house built by the Nakamurake Family after their castle was destroyed by the ruling landlord. The house has 8 distinct rooms all which were beautifully restored and decorated as they may have been when the house was in use. The tatami mats were very comfortable to walk on and even to sit. We explored all the rooms, Gabriella's favorite was the kitchen. The kitchen was decorated with pots and pans as they would have been used by the occupants of the house. Gabriella served us a pretend dinner at the kitchen table.  The house was a testament to how the native Okinawan's lived, it was really impressive how the house was constructed. The roof looked as if it was pieced together with sticks and some sort of mud or plaster which has survived hundreds of years of typhoons without damage.  The house had an accompanying gift shop which we explored after our trip to the house.  There was also a pond full of koi that Gabriella enjoyed feeding.  At the gift shop the proprietor served us cold jasmine tea and some delicious brown sugar jelly.  I was also fortunate to stumble upon an amazing guide book. This book has listings of all the museums on Okinawa and some of the outlying islands.  The book was a real find, it's over a hundred pages of museums. I'm looking forward to visiting the shell museum.