Exterior of Inaka Guest House
From the sky above Inaka Guest House
Entrance to Inaka Guest House
Edo Period interior
Farm equipment is still the same.
Special time at Inaka Guest House is only for guests.
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At the request of Baron Kishichiro Okura, who wanted to create a place where he could relax in a Japanese style building within the Kawana Hotel, which is a collection of the best of Western architecture, we relocated a house built in the mid-Edo Period in the early Showa Period in what is now Shizuoka Perif. It was built in the mid-Edo Period in what is now Shizuoka Perif. The house is now used as a dining facility for guests only. It is a private house with old features such as pillars standing every other room. From the perspective of maintaining cultural assets, it is highly regarded as an example of a relocated old house. Stepping inside, you will find a space that is still reminiscent of the way of life in those days, and a meal enjoyed there is a unique experience and the ultimate in luxury.
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Kishichiro Okura, founder of the Kawana Hotel, had a desire for a building with Japanese-style rooms, so a farmhouse from the nearby town of Gotemba was relocated to the grounds of the hotel around the year 1936. The relocation was overseen by Rodo Ogi, an architect and tea ceremony master known for his expertise in Sukiya-zukuri, an architectural style based on Japanese tea ceremony buildings. No nails are used in the construction of the wooden frame of Inakaya’s ceiling, which has been maintained in its original state since it was first built. The location of the restrooms today is apparently where a horse stable once stood. In those days, horses also lived in the main building as they were considered an important part of the family. This is why there is a wooden saddle at the entrance to the restrooms. At Inakaya as it stands today, only the entrance portion of the building is used, so the actual house was likely tens of times larger. Inakaya is located where the doma, the entryway that serves as a transition between the indoors and outdoors, was located, and it had earthen floors. Today, wooden tiles are used for the flooring. These wooden tiles are made of cherry wood that have been soaked in tar, making them incredibly hard. These were used because, in those days, golf cleats had numerous pin-like spikes on them, and the tiles both resisted damage from the spikes and kept people from slipping.
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