Japanese Village
This ancient site is located 1.5 kilometres south of the Wat Phananchoeng in Tambon Ko Rein. There is an additional building of the Ayutthaya Historical Study Centre, where the foreign affairs of the Ayutthaya Period are on exhibition.
JAPANESE Village is situated in Ko Rein sub-district, Ayutthaya Province. In the past, it was a compound of the Japanese, who had settled down and earned a living since Ayutthaya period.Dating back to the late 16th century when a number of foreigners came to Ayutthaya Kingdom for trading and when Japanese government allowed the Japanese to trade overseas, a group of them came to trade in Ayutthaya. Like other nations, the king of Thailand let the Japanese settle outside the city center. Since then, more and more Japanese came to live in Ayutthaya. The ruler of the Japanese was Yamada Nagamasa, later becoming Ok-ya Senaphimuk and governor of Nakhon Si Thammarat Province. As a result, Japan was one of the nations with an important role to Ayutthaya.
Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya
