Robert Hori

Curator; associate director of cultural programs, The Huntington Gardens

Curator, associate director of cultural programs, The Huntington Gardens

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A 300-year-old Shōya house from Japan was meticulously disassembled and shipped to the Huntington in San Marino, then put back together. The process took eight years.

Shōya house: Step into 18th-century rural Japan at the Huntington

A 300-year-old Shōya house from Japan was meticulously disassembled and shipped to the Huntington in San Marino, then put back together. The process took eight years.

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