This house is located in the area called “Gosho Nishi”
which means “The west side of Kyoto Imperial Palace” located in the center of the city.
The major reason of the high popularity of this area is a tranquil residential atmosphere,
being close to the rich nature of Kyoto Imperial Palace
and also convenient to public transportations.
Kyoto Imperial Palace
Kyoto Imperial Palace offers you a lot of seasonal beauties throughout a year.
Colored leaves in autumn, plum garden for early spring,
and fully bloomed cherry blossoms afterwards.
The fresh verdures are exceptional.
Even on hot summer, you can enjoy cool breeze and relax in the deep green.
Kyoto Imperial Palace
Kyoto was a capital city of Japan for over 1000 years started from Heian Period in the history.
The central area of its politics and culture was “GOSHONISHI”.
There are many residential houses of former court nobles and prestigious families still remain in the area.
The traditional cityscape is markedly preserved.
There is Kankyuan (the tea ceremony house of Mushanokoji-senke) near this house.
Kankyuan
It’s one of the three Senke schools along with Omote-senke and Ura-senke
which are the head family of Japanese tea ceremony schools founded by Sen no Rikyu.
This building is designated as a registered tangible cultural property of Japan.
There are also remains of several residential buildings owned by historically well-known people
such as performer, painter, calligrapher and potter.
This house is located in the area where the origins of many traditions and cultures of Kyoto.