Nakamurake (Nakamura House) is located in Kitanakagusuku Village in the south-central portion of Okinawa, and was the home of the Nakamura family for eleven generations. It is considered one of the best examples of traditional Ryukyuan architecture, and the basic methods used to develop its structure date back to the Kamakura and Muromachi periods of mainland Japan (1185-1572). The edifice was constructed sometime after 1720, and while the influence of traditional Japanese architecture is present, local materials such as the limestone and coral used to construct the walls surrounding the house make it distinctively Okinawan.