Fun of Good Old Japanese - 江戸・明治に学ぶ　楽しむ生き方

 There are three teahouse districts in Kanazawa even now. Kaikaro is located in Higashi(east) teahouse district which is the largest and the highest-status one. Teahouse is an entertainment establishment where people invite Geisha girls and have a party . Kaikaro is the largest teahouse here which was built in 1820 . It is open to the public during day time , and sometimes there are parties in the evening.  Here is an old Japanese entertainment district, so it is also a popular tourist attraction. There were many tourists when I visited, even though it was rainy early evening. Higashi teahouse district (Main street) 、ひがし茶屋街 Alley of this district 、裏通り Geisha girl agent office 、置屋さん Kaikaro 、懐華楼 金沢には、今も三つの茶屋街が残っているが、 懐華楼があるひがし茶屋街は最も規模が大きく、格式がある茶屋街 だ。私が訪れたときは小雨の午後だったが、通りには多くの観光客がいた。茶屋は芸者さんを呼んで、酒を飲み、遊ぶところ。この茶屋街で最も広いのが懐華楼で、今も茶屋として使われているが、昼は一般公開されており見学できる（訪問時の入場料は￥ 750 ）。 1820 年に建てられた。  Kaikaro is a three-story wooden building. There are only two g...

 American military did not bomb Kanazawa during the WWⅡ, so many old houses remain near the castle (old cit, around five kilo-meter square). 　 第二次世界大戦で、アメリカ軍は金沢を空襲しなかった。お城を中心に約５㎞四方に多くの古い建物が残っている。 Kanazawa castle (reconstructed) 金沢、加賀百万石と言えば、やはり金沢城。 When I visited (late August), the castle and Kenrokuen garden were lit up. 訪問した日（ 8 月後半）は、お城も兼六園もライトアップしていて、夜も、もちろん美しい。 Kenrokuen, which was a daimyo garden next to the castle, was also lit up. Most Japanese know the stone lantern on the right which is called “Kotoji-lantern”. It was a beautiful sight, plus it was calm. 兼六園の有名な徽軫灯籠 ( ことじとうろう）。水面に映る庭園が美しい。私が訪れた時のライトアップは入園無料、しかも、人が少ない。   Ishikawa Prefectural Museum of History was a former arsenal. We can take photo but we cannot upload them on the website or printings, so photos without sources are from website of this museum. 石川県立歴史博物館 は、旧陸軍の兵器庫。写真撮影は出来るが、 Web にはアップロードできない。楽しい展示が沢山あるのに残念。 Daimyo (Maeda clan) and Kaga-han、前田家と加賀藩  Most a...

  It was an agricultural off-season, so they had time. They prepared for the New Year’s Day. Those were peaceful days, but only one year and half was left before the US fleet came to Japan, which was a trigger to beat the shogunate which ruled Japan 250 years until then. Nagareyama city museum 、流山市博物館 農閑期で時間的な余裕がある暮らしになっている。貸し借りの清算や正月の準備など流山市芝崎では平穏な日々が続く。しかし、幕府が倒れる大きなきっかけとなるペリー艦隊が浦賀に来るまで、あと一年半である。   On the 2 nd , Mr. Haige came and stayed at Yoshino’s house, then left for Edo next day. They stayed at acquaintances’ houses easily ; it is so different from current situation. When I was an elementary school pupil, which was in the 1970s, people used to recommend customers to stay. The habit has been changed.   On the 3 rd , an officer of Zoujyouji temple, which was a family temple of the shogun, visited. Monks and priests came frequently because of the agricultural off-season.   -Visitor came from Ise Shrine on the 9 th .  -Other visitor oshi ...