Comments on: Yatsushiro’s teahouse

By: admin

admin — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 03:38:33 +0000

Tornadoes28, I believe that to be correct. It seems exceptionally old & I can’t say I’ve seen (or noticed) anything quite like before. There are a couple of single-story buildings in Takamatsu’s Ritsurin-koen that look similar, but I suspect they are somewhat younger.

I wish I had some more details on it, such as when, or if ever there were any renovations done to it.

By: Tornadoes28

Tornadoes28 — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 16:10:47 +0000

This place looks amazing. So the tea house the original building from 1688?

By: admin

admin — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 04:21:00 +0000

To answer your question & pool o’zen’s, no, I was unable to go inside. I wonder though, if it wouldn’t be open to the public at certain times of the year. I took some (crappy) interior shots, but they were kinda plain. Actually, there was one of a carved transom that I considered posting but…

Re: drainpipe. I have seen chain ones before, in Australia & Japan. A variation that I’ve seen at several temples in Japan has what I’d describe as a wire-frame ball (four wires arranged longitudinally making a spherical shape) which links to yet another ball, etc… I remember considering the labour intensity of it all. Anyway, it’s all in the details, isn’t it?

By: Toranosuke

Toranosuke — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 03:51:53 +0000

Beautiful. While I must ashamedly admit that Kumamoto wasn’t really much on my radar, これこぞ見たいね。 Castles are wonderful, but teahouses and the like, old, traditional wooden architecture, really does it for me. Do they actually serve tea here? Can you go inside? Or is it just to walk around the gardens and the exterior of the building?

I love that drainpipe rope. A brilliant alternative to the kinds of drainpipes (i.e. actual pipes) we use in the West. You know, I always wondered about the chains (infrequently, ropes) at the corners of many traditional buildings. A fun and interesting design element to be sure, but now I guess we have some idea as to their function. (Or am I assuming mistakenly about those chains?)

By: Yugo

Yugo — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 03:15:04 +0000

Nice love the pic they are wonderful. I must say I love the one of the tea house and the garden but all of them are so beautiful!
Plus are you sure it is historically correct that there were no starbucks in Japan in 1688!! You might check it again lol!
Like always great post
Yugo
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