{"id":6609,"date":"2018-12-23T14:39:11","date_gmt":"2018-12-23T05:39:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/japan-4seasons.com\/wp2\/?p=6609"},"modified":"2019-01-09T12:07:16","modified_gmt":"2019-01-09T03:07:16","slug":"%e4%ba%ac%e9%83%bd%e6%95%a3%e6%ad%a9%e3%80%80%e7%84%a1%e9%84%b0%e8%8f%b4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/japan-4seasons.com\/en\/kyoto\/6609.html","title":{"rendered":"Stroll in Kyoto – Murin-an"},"content":{"rendered":"

Beside Nanzenji temple in Kyoto, Murin-an (“an” means hermitage), a second house of Aritomo Yamagata<\/a>, who was a politician in the Meiji period, is situated. This time, we strolled around Okazaki where the Murin-an and Nanzenji temple stand.<\/p>\n

We took a Kyoto city bus (No. 5) from Kyoto Station and got off at the bus stop Jingumichi. From there, we walked toward the east while viewing Biwako-sosui (Lake Biwa Canal<\/a>).<\/p>\n

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We reached Murin-an<\/a> in a few minutes on foot from the bus stop. This building was built between 1894 and 1896.<\/p>\n

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The garden of Murin-an is known as a masterpiece of a modern Japanese garden, and designated as a scenic spot. The water flowing in this garden is drawn from Biwako-sosui.<\/p>\n

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The main building, which is a Japanese-style wooden house, and a western-style brick building (white building), seen from the garden.<\/p>\n

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This is a tea-ceremony house.<\/p>\n

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The garden seen from the interior of the main building.<\/p>\n

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The interior of the main building is simple.<\/p>\n

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The interior of the western-style building was opened at that time. A drawing room on the second floor, where the “Murin-an Meeting” was held in 1903 by Hirobumi Ito et. al., to confer about the relationship with Russia, has remained as it was at that time.<\/p>\n

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(The first floor is an archive.)<\/p>\n

This is the drawing room on the second floor. A lounge suite and Japanese paintings were superbly matched.<\/p>\n

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After that, we had lunch and roamed around there.<\/p>\n

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The National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto<\/a>, stands by “Otorii” (gate) of Heian Jingu Shrine. The museum held “Tsuguharu Fujita (Leonard Foujita) Exhibition” and that day was the final day. So we dropped by the museum.<\/p>\n

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These are views seen from windows on the third floor of the museum.<\/p>\n

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The photos taken while waiting for a bus. The red building is Otenmon Gate of Heian Jingu Shrine.<\/p>\n

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I took a walk on Shijo-dori Street.<\/p>\n

Minamiza<\/p>\n

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Restaurant Kikusui (Western food)<\/p>\n

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Tokasaikan (Chinese food)<\/p>\n

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We had a fun day, indeed.<\/p>\n

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