{"id":7221,"date":"2009-12-19T17:35:00","date_gmt":"2009-12-19T09:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/2009\/12\/19\/kyu-hosokawa-gyobutei\/"},"modified":"2010-12-29T21:45:52","modified_gmt":"2010-12-29T13:45:52","slug":"kyu-hosokawa-gyobutei","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/2009\/12\/19\/kyu-hosokawa-gyobutei\/","title":{"rendered":"Kyu-Hosokawa Gyobutei"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The last place I took a quick look at was Hosokawa Mansion, which was a short 10 minute walk from the hotel. This is a 300 year old samurai mansion that was the former residence of the Lord of the Hosokawa-Gyobu Clan, has a land area of 990 square meters, and comprises 24 rooms. Entrance fee was 300\u5186 (SGD4.60).<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px\" title=\"blog2009kumamotoDSC_5340gyobuteimansion\" border=\"0\" alt=\"blog2009kumamotoDSC_5340gyobuteimansion\" src=\"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/blog2009kumamotoDSC_5340gyobuteimansion.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"398\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>Above<\/em>: Ongenkan, or Main Entrance. According to the English brochure guide, the roof is karahafu-styled and the platform denotes a position of high status. Apparently only the Lord himself, his high-ranking retainers and important guests could use this entrance. <\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px\" title=\"blog2009kumamotoDSC_5342gyobuteimansion\" border=\"0\" alt=\"blog2009kumamotoDSC_5342gyobuteimansion\" src=\"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/blog2009kumamotoDSC_5342gyobuteimansion.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"398\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>Above<\/em>: The main hall, and <em>below<\/em>: Guest room.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px\" title=\"blog2009kumamotoDSC_5353gyobuteimansion\" border=\"0\" alt=\"blog2009kumamotoDSC_5353gyobuteimansion\" src=\"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/blog2009kumamotoDSC_5353gyobuteimansion.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"398\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px\" title=\"blog2009kumamotoDSC_5354gyobuteimansion\" border=\"0\" alt=\"blog2009kumamotoDSC_5354gyobuteimansion\" src=\"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/blog2009kumamotoDSC_5354gyobuteimansion.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"398\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px\" title=\"blog2009kumamotoDSC_5356gyobuteimansion\" border=\"0\" alt=\"blog2009kumamotoDSC_5356gyobuteimansion\" src=\"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/blog2009kumamotoDSC_5356gyobuteimansion.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"398\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The bathroom\u2019s below:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px\" title=\"blog2009kumamotoDSC_5390gyobuteimansion\" border=\"0\" alt=\"blog2009kumamotoDSC_5390gyobuteimansion\" src=\"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/blog2009kumamotoDSC_5390gyobuteimansion.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"398\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px\" title=\"blog2009kumamotoDSC_5442gyobuteimansion\" border=\"0\" alt=\"blog2009kumamotoDSC_5442gyobuteimansion\" src=\"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/blog2009kumamotoDSC_5442gyobuteimansion.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"398\" \/><\/p>\n<p>There weren\u2019t many visitors to the Mansion at the time I was there (Saturday afternoon), so it was a very quiet and low-key visit. I video-recorded a walkthrough the entire mansion too \u2013 think Ling\u2019s gonna be interested to take a look at it when I\u2019m back.:) <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The last place I took a quick look at was Hosokawa Mansion, which was a short 10 minute walk from the hotel. 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