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  • Nirayama Reverberatory Furnace
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    3.5
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    Shizuoka Pref. Izunokunishi Naka Narutake entrance 268
    A National Historic Site located in Izunokuni City, Shizuoka Prefecture. In the closing days of the Tokugawa shogunate government, Japan was exposed to the threat of ships from Europe and America. This reverberatory furnace was created in order to build cannons to repel that threat. Completed in 1857, the Nirayama Reverberatory Furnace still stands today. The only reverberatory furnace in Japan today, it is also a registered World Heritage site. Built of fire-resistant fire brick, the furnace, including the body and chimney together, is 15.7 meters tall. Visitors can view the furnace with the payment of a small entrance fee. The furnace’s 20 minute free guided tours are also popular (advance reservation recommended).

    This metal smelting and casting factory, which was established in the middle of the 19th century for the purpose of making war cannons, is one of the centers that was built during the Meiji era and...

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  • Kiunkaku
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    4.5
    260 Reviews
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    Shizuoka Pref. Atamishi Shouwachou 4-2
    Located in the sightseeing spot of Shizuoka Prefecture’s Atami City, this was constructed as a villa in 1919 and is a famous residence that was declared one of Atami’s Top Three Villas. It was used as a ryokan (Japanese inn) during the Showa period (mid-1920s to late 1980s), and as a famous lodge in Atami it was loved by various literary masters and celebrities including Naoya Shiga, Junichiro Tanizaki, and Osamu Dazai. It is a refined residence with a Japanese-style main building, a western-style structure that combines the beauty of the East and the West, and a chisenkaiyu-shiki garden (a style of garden that features a path around a pond), and it was opened to the public as an Atami City Designated Tangible Cultural Property.

    In general, Atami gets a lot of bad press for nothing to see (apart from the Sex Museum). Kiunkaku, however, is definitely worth checking out. The original two buildings date from the Taisho Period...

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  • Egawatei (The Egawa Residence)
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    4.0
    67 Reviews
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    Shizuoka Pref. Izunokunishi Nirayamanirayama 1
    Egawatei is the local governor’s residence where the Egawa family, descendants of Yamato Genji for over 900 years and 42 generations, resided. It has been designated as an Important Cultural Property of Japan. It is located in the site of the Nirayama government office, designated a national Historical Site of Izunokuni City, Shizuoka Prefecture. Following the Hogen Rebellion in 1156, Uno Chikanobu, the sixth generation of the Uno family, settled in the land of Izunirayama and so began the history of the Egawa Residence. The Uno family renamed themselves as the Egawa family and served as local governor for eleven generations during the Edo period. The main building is a single story building with a half-hipped roof. There are lots of things to see such as the quake-absorbing geometric lattice-work of the roof, and the ‘live pillars’ where trees have been used in the construction of the building.

    沼津に行ったついでに、韮山反射炉を造った江川邸を初訪問す。今回、建築した韮山代官江川栄龍の偉業職責を展示した江川邸を初訪問する。母屋は、保全建設中であり、建物全体が観えず残念なり。しかし、無料観光ガイドが、丁寧に説明くださり感謝す。柱や梁は、４００年経過してるという。木材が、そんなに持つとは思いませんでした。江川栄龍は６尺：１８０㎝と長身で、引き戸はの高さは、１５０ｃｍくらいで、当人は、猫背になる...

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  • Iwashina School
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    33 Reviews
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    Shizuoka Pref. Kamogunmatsuzakichou Iwashinahokusoku 442
    The Iwashina School in Matsuzaki Town, Kamo County, Shizuoka Prefecture, is the oldest elementary school building in the Izu area. The construction of the Namako Wall (sea cucumber wall) around the school building was completed in 1880. The building incorporates western style balconies with the traditional Japanese shrine architectural style and the exterior is finished with an imposingly striking high-color effect. Within the building and grounds are many places of interest such as the Iwashina School ‘hengaku’ (a stone tablet displaying the school’s name), which is said to have been written by the Prime Minister of Japan at the time Sanjo Sanetomi. The Senbazuru (thousand cranes) relief created by master craftsman Irie Chohachi, and the Kaikatei building, which was the old Iwashina City Hall and now rest house, are both also of particular interest. The site has been designated as a national Important Cultural Property.

    明治期に各地に小学校ができましたが、費用の４割を地元民の寄付でまかなったという学校（復元）。隣に廃校になった小学校の立派な校舎があり、過疎化を名目とした学校統合の結果でしょうか。鏝師の入江長八が腕をふるった部屋があります。山田五郎さんの色紙が印象的でした。

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  • Iwata City Old Mitsuke School
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    4.0
    31 Reviews
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    Shizuoka Iwata-shi Mitsuke 2452
    Hosting its completion and opening ceremony in 1875, this elementary school building, with wooden Giyofu style (pseudo-Western-style architecture), is the oldest one in Japan. Currently, it exists as an educational resources museum, with exhibits of educational resources and classroom recreations in the interior of this five-story Western-style building. It was used as an elementary school building until 1922, and then as Mitsuke Middle School, a teachers' training school, a judo exercise hall, and a women's sewing school. Along with the private library, Iwata Library, on the north side, it is designated as National Historical Ruins. Every year in August there is an event for elementary school children in which they wear kimonos and experience what class was like in the Meiji and Taisho periods.

    訪問日は月曜日なので残念ながら休館でした。説明書からですが、ここは明治８年に造られた現存する日本最古の木造擬洋風小学校校舎です。見附天神に行く途中に有りました。無料のようですよ。

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  • Maisaka-shuku Waki-Honjin
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    31 Reviews
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    Shizuoka Hamamatsu-shi Chuo-ku Maisakacho Maisaka 2091
    This is the site of the only waki-honjin sub-inn for government officials on the former Tokaido road. The Myogaya sub-inn was built in 1838 in the post station town of Maisaka-juku, the 30th station on the Tokaido counting from Edo; the sub-inn's shoin or study building, which has a jodan-no-ma room with a raised floor, still stands today. Maisaka-juku was once the location of the landing for the Imagire Ferry, which connected the post station towns on the east and west sides of the Tokaido. Records state that in the Taisho period (1912-1926), the former sub-inn was used as a government hall. The area's original townscape no longer remains, but after disassembly and repair work conducted in 1997, the sub-inn's main building and other structures were restored and made open to the general public.

    人通りが少ない早朝を巡るのが好きなので、まだオープン前でした。外見だけですが、当時の様子を伝えてくれる貴重な建物ですね。

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  • Birthplace of Jirocho
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    3.5
    22 Reviews
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    Shizuoka Pref. Shizuokashi Shimizu-ku Minowachou 4-16
    This historical childhood home of Shimizu Jirocho is in Shimizu Ward, Shizuoka City, located right on Jirocho Street. Here you can find on display photographs of Jirocho and his close associates Omasa and Komasa, as well as tools that he frequently used, in perfectly preserved rooms like the living room. Souvenirs are also available for purchase and the popular Victory-Cards are said to grant any wish.

    Yes this is worth a visit here as we found it so when we visited here as a small group of three - showing a glimpse of local history

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  • Okabe-shuku Ohatago Kashibaya
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    4.5
    12 Reviews
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    Shizuoka Fujieda-shi Okabecho Okabe 817
    This hatago (inn) was built in 1836 during the Edo period. The main building recreates the original appearance as a historical resources museum, and exhibits travel tools and everyday items. The two storehouses are used as a gallery and a Japanese-style restaurant, whereas the multipurpose hall or exhibition training hall can be employed as exhibition spaces. Currently, after 170 years have passed since its creation, the precious building is towards to the Tokaido, so it was designated as a Registered Tangible Cultural Property in 1998.

    昔ながらの旅籠の看板が出ています。岡部宿は江戸から21番目の宿場町だったそうです。天保の大火で焼失したそうで、再建されましたので江戸後期の建造物らしいです。現在は、国登録文化財であり”歴史資料館”にもなっています。 台所には、昔のままの御釜やお櫃、お膳などが並べられています。 町人の部屋と武士の宿泊する棟は別になっています。やはり、町人の部屋とは雰囲気と質もかなり違いますね。 旅館の裏にはお庭...

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  • Koike Residence
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    4.0
    5 Reviews
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    Shizuoka Shizuoka-shi Shimizu-ku Yui Terao 464-9
    "The main building of the Koike family, who served many years as a lord in the Yui region. ""Lord"" is a representative rank of the Murakata three roles, who executed official policy within the village. Lords were called ""Shoya"" in the western part of the country, and they bore an important responsibility as the contact between the supporting organizations of the manor lord and the farmers. The exterior appearance speaks to the image of civilians' homes in the Terao region, with its low tiled roof, a main door with a side, and a lattice. The interior features a room divided into a pounded dirt entrance area and four 10-square-meter rooms. The surrounding stone wall maintains the beauty from 100 years back, communicating the feeling of old civilian homes to the present."

    興津川最下流部の砂浜に、四駆軽トラで、ズルズルと乗り入れ、石を３０ヶ位拾い、さった峠経由で、由比港に行く途中、久しぶりに、当該邸宅に立ち寄る。ボランティアの案内の女性が、小さな庭にある”水琴窟”に案内くだされ、この世の音とは思われない、素晴らしい音色を訊き、感謝す。車は、対面に５台くらい無料駐車できます。入館料も無料です。近所の年寄りの寄り合いどころみたいな感じで、人定尋問？される。ここの建物は...

  • Ogane Family Residence
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    4 Reviews
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    Shizuoka Makinohara Katahama 1032
    The remains of the residence of the Ohgane family, who were the feudal warlords of the early Edo period (1603-1868). 300 years ago, in the middle of the Edo period, the house was built with earthen floors and hette, a tatami room, and other remains that remind us of the lifestyle of the past. The garden is planted with hydrangeas, irises, hibiscuses, and other seasonal flowers.

    6月に行って茅葺き屋根の門と紫陽花のコラボを楽しみました 茅葺き屋根の門は『長屋門』という名前で9つの千木が特徴です 吊るし雛、削り出した梁、渡辺崋山の掛け軸(なんでも鑑定団で3000万の評価だそうです)など蔵の貯蔵品、百葉茶など雑多な感じでした あじさいですが、建物の庭だけでなく、手前のあじさい園や、裏山にあじさいが咲いていました

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  • Tenryu Futamata Sta.
    Leisure / Hobbies
    Shizuoka Hamamatsu-shi Tenryu-ku Futamatacho Akura 114-2
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  • Shigetsuden Temple
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    Shizuoka Pref. Izushi Shuzenji 934
    Shigetsuden Temple, a sutra library located at the Shuzenji Onsen in Izu City, Shizuoka Prefecture, is said to be the oldest wooden building in Izu. It was built as a family cemetery by Hojo Masako, the mother of Minamoto no Yoriie, the second shogun of Japan’s Kamakura shogunate who was assassinated at Shuzenji Onsen. Three restored Buddhist statues are enshrined in the temple. The main statue, the wooden sitting statue of Shaka Nyorai holding a lotus flower, which has been designated as a Cultural Property by the prefecture, has a very rare design known as the Zen sect style. On either side of this imposing icon sit Nio Guardian statues. In the grounds of Shigetsuden is the grave of Minamoto no Yoriie.
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  • Kambara-shuku Oyasumidokoro Rest House
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    Shizuoka Shizuoka-shi Shimizu-ku Kanbara 3-25-3
    "These are ruins of a hatago used under the name ""Izumiya"" during the Edo period. The building, said to have been built in the Tenpo period (1830-1844), is a place where travelers going along the Tokaido Highway would stay, and did not collapse even during the Ansei great earthquakes such that it maintains its original appearance today. The sign frame and the handrail on the second floor are the same as when originally constructed. In the past, it was one building, but at present, the four spaces on the left are individual residences, and the two spaces on the right are open as rest areas. Also, inside the building, you can experience dyeing and weaving, silverworking, clay crafts, and more."
  • Tanaka Castle Shimo-yashiki
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    Shizuoka Fujieda-shi Tanaka 3-14-1
    These manor ruins are located in southeast corner of the Tanaka Castle. The castle lord's manor (villa) was established in the garden of the Honda family, who served as Tanaka clan lord in the late Edo period, and was said to be a spot for enjoying the scenery in all four seasons. At the time, it was known as a great place for flower-viewing and moon-viewing, with an artificial hill, a fountain, and a tea house set up. Currently, the entire area of the garden remains are prepared as ruins and a park, with the Tanaka Castle main hall tower, the tea house, and the Chorakuji-mura storehouse being moved and recreated. The articles from the buildings inside the castle still remain today, which is extremely rare, so it has been registered as a Municipal Cultural Property.
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  • Soshisha
    Travel / Tourism
    Shizuoka Atami-shi Minaguchicho 11-17
    "These ruins are of a residence in which the Meiji period literary great, Shoyo Tsubouchi, who was known as a translator of Shakespeare's works, lived his life. He adored Atami, living here from 1920 until he passed in 1935, a 15-year period. The origin of the name Soshisha comes from the two large persimmon trees which are said to be over 300 years old. While living in Ginza Town before, Mr. Tsubouchi translated Shakespeare's works and wrote comedies such as ""Nagori-no-Hoshi-Zukiyo"" and ""Yoshitoki-no-Saigo"", but the bustling, active town made it difficult for him to focus on writing and so, he moved to Atami."
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  • Sunpu Joto Gomon
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    10 Reviews
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    Shizuoka Shizuoka-shi Aoi-ku Sunpu Jo Park 1-1

    一番お城に入る雰囲気が出るのが、東御門橋を渡り、東御門へ入るルートですね。 東御門と巽櫓は復元されたもので、巽櫓は全国でも珍しいL字型の構造で、防御に優れた櫓となっています。 両館内では、駿府城公園内より発掘された資料の展示がされています。 最初はこれだけか・・ と思ったら、色々なものが展示されていました。

  • Important Cultural Property Nakamura Family's Residence
    Travel / Tourism
    Shizuoka Hamamatsu-shi Chuo-ku Yutocho Ubumi 4912-banchi no 1
  • Kakegawa Jo Goten
    Travel / Tourism
    Shizuoka Kakegawa-shi Kakegawa 1138-24
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With the giant Pacific Ocean to the south and the great Mount Fuji to the north, Shizuoka prefecture is blessed with some of the best views the country has to offer. The white sand beaches of the Izu Peninsula are a rare find on mainland Japan, neighbored by beautiful cliffs, tumbling hills, and natural hot springs. As Japan’s largest producer of green tea, the age-old tradition of tea drinking is ubiquitous in Shizuoka, from the miles of tea fields to the old tea houses hosting traditional tea ceremonies.

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