The Ohara Residence

Quiet Samurai house

Fortunately, I could visit Ohara Family's house during a peak time of autumn foliage. A Japanese garden was quiet and beautiful. I picked up the replica of a Japanese sword and took some pictures of i...

Lots to see but not much fun

200-year old house that used to belong to a powerful and wealthy samurai. As in most Japanese houses, there is not much furniture, but the rooms and 'equipment' have lots of meaning - all of which bec...

Fun But Not Much to See

Ohara was a very important political family to the Count of Kitsuki in the past. The house was very big, including the rooms respectively for the owner, upper samurai, and lower samurai. The wall wa...

Travel to Kitsuki on May 19, 2016

Original Text

Of all the Samurai houses located in Kitsuki, only the house of Ohar visited. As we thought, the largest and interesting. Inside the house there are many rooms, on the floor of cynicki, the house is not empty - to review ...

Very splendid samurai residence

Original Text

It is a very nice samurai residence. It was a pity that I was not guided as a measure against corona, but even if there is no guide, it is fine and you can see it well. The Shoji was just replaced, and I could see one side of the maintenance effort.