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Yanagawa moat tour

This is a leisurely boat ride on a donko boat operated by a boatman from the boarding area near Nishitetsu Yanagawa Station to the “Yanagawa Domain Lord Tachibana’s Residence Ohana,” a distance of less than 4 km. The boat ride takes about 1 hour and 10 minutes, and boat riders get to enjoy the scenery […]

Area: Yanagawa and Fukuoka

Activities: 観光船, 観光, and 史跡

Shirakawago

Wada Family Residence

This is the Wada family residence, a prominent family that prospered in the niter trade during the Edo period and was the feudal lord of the area. It is the largest gassho-zukuri house in Shirakawa-go, and its elegance and beauty makes it one of the pillars of Shirakawa-go. Although it is more than 300 years […]

Area: Shirakawago and Gifu

Activities: 観光 and 史跡

Gokayama

Murakami House

A Four-story gassho-zukuri built around 1660. It is a valuable building that conveys the architectural style of approximately 360 years ago. Inside, several thousand items are on display, including materials related to the manufacture of gunpowder and Japanese paper. You can sit around the fireplace and listen to the head of the house explain about […]

Area: Gokayama and Toyama

Activities: 観光, 博物館, and 史跡

神戸

チャータードビル

1938年竣工のビルで、元々はチャータード銀行(イギリス)の支店だった。大理石をふんだんに使った吹き抜けフロアなど豪奢な装飾が特徴的だ。現在はカフェなどが入っている。

Area: 神戸, 三宮・元町, and Hyogo

Activities: 観光 and 史跡

Tokyo

Nezu Shrine

This venerable shrine is said to have been founded by Yamato Takeru (72-114), a legendary hero in ancient Japanese history, and has a history of more than 1,900 years. It is one of the ten shrines of Tokyo and often appears in period dramas on Japanese television. The shrine pavilion, built in 1706, is the […]

Area: Tokyo and Yanesen

Activities: 観光 and 史跡

Shirakawago

Kanda Residence

The Kanda family, which split off from the Wada family, built this gassho-zukuri house around 1850. The four-story main house was built by a temple carpenter from Ishikawa Prefecture over a period of 10 years, and is a highly finished structure. The Kanda family once prospered through niter production and sericulture. The niter production area […]

Area: Shirakawago and Gifu

Activities: 観光 and 史跡

Kawagoe

川越一番街

川越一番街は、約400mの風情がある通りで、川越で最も賑わうエリアだ。江戸時代(1603〜1868年)後期から明治時代(1868〜1912年)にかけて建てられた30棟余りの蔵造りの建物が立ち並んでいる。 ※通りが歩行者専用となっておらず双方向に車が通るのでちょっと落ち着かないのが難点。かつて東京に多数あった蔵造りの建物は、関東大震災 (1923年)や第二次世界大戦時のアメリカ軍による空襲によって失われてしまったため、川越の蔵造りの町並みはより一層重要な歴史的遺産となっている。