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Ferry_Kasenda
Jakarta, Indonesia7,113 contributions
Jul 2015 • Family
This Kanda House located at Shirakawa Village located at the Headstream of the Sho River. If you visit Shirakawa Go, you should visit and see how nice and beautiful architecture of Gassho Style House. This House consist of 4 Floor. Enter this Kanda House we should pay 300 Yen/person. This Gassho Style house wat registered as UNESCO World Heritage in December 1995. It's Reported that the pattern of ogimachi town with the largest number of gassho style house existing, which is 114 among the settlement registered as world heritage, was already formed in the beginning of the middle ages and prospered by entry of yamashita ujikatsu, the lord of ogimachi castle, who is uchigashima ujimasa's general, into this shirakawago in 1460.
The Kanda Family started when Wada Yaeman the second son of the Wada House located himself in that regian as a branch family. In those days, there existed a "Kanda" (divine rice field) of ubusuna Hachimangu Shrine, so he changed his family name fo Kanda and succeeded to Kanda Kichiemon's name.
This Gassho style Kanda house is said to have been build over a period of ten years by a miya daiku or shrine carpenter for ishikawa prefectureduring the latter half of the Edo period. It is described as a high quality finished gassho style house which adopts new technique to make improvements while observing the previous structure of Gassho Style.
The Gassho style houses were mainly engaged in "Raising Silkworms" and beside that, the kanda family made "Fuming Nitric Acid" which is an ingridient of gunpowder under floor to earn rare hard cash.
The Gassho Style houses are suitable not only for a whole family to live in but also for labour intensive occupation such as raising silkworms and making fuming nitric acid to be carried out. The German architect, Bruno Taut who visited shirakawa village in 1935, highly appriciated the gassho style houses for their rationally and logically unique structures.
This Gassho Style House have Chonabari (Curved Beam), Beams made up using strong trees whose bases grew up curved under the weight of snow. It's roof using Hasagura (Grain drying shelter). This House also Use Komajiri (Quake Resistant wooden framework). Materials that support the gassho style roof and force applied on the roof when a strong wind blows or an earthquake occurs.
Composition of this house :
- Cyouda - Bedroom
- Room for Buddhist Monk
- Butsuma - Room for Buddhist Altar
- Okunodai - Honored Guest Room
- Dai - Guest Room
- Drawing Room
- Kitchen
- Oe (Family Room with a Irori Fireplace)
This Kanda House Open from 9 am - 5 pm.
Closed on Wednesdays
Tel : 05769 6 1072
email : kanda-ke@csc.jp
http://kandahouse.web.fc2.com
Here you can enjoy the Tea for free and you can enjoy the atmosphere of the house, come & visit to Enjoy it.. =)
The Kanda Family started when Wada Yaeman the second son of the Wada House located himself in that regian as a branch family. In those days, there existed a "Kanda" (divine rice field) of ubusuna Hachimangu Shrine, so he changed his family name fo Kanda and succeeded to Kanda Kichiemon's name.
This Gassho style Kanda house is said to have been build over a period of ten years by a miya daiku or shrine carpenter for ishikawa prefectureduring the latter half of the Edo period. It is described as a high quality finished gassho style house which adopts new technique to make improvements while observing the previous structure of Gassho Style.
The Gassho style houses were mainly engaged in "Raising Silkworms" and beside that, the kanda family made "Fuming Nitric Acid" which is an ingridient of gunpowder under floor to earn rare hard cash.
The Gassho Style houses are suitable not only for a whole family to live in but also for labour intensive occupation such as raising silkworms and making fuming nitric acid to be carried out. The German architect, Bruno Taut who visited shirakawa village in 1935, highly appriciated the gassho style houses for their rationally and logically unique structures.
This Gassho Style House have Chonabari (Curved Beam), Beams made up using strong trees whose bases grew up curved under the weight of snow. It's roof using Hasagura (Grain drying shelter). This House also Use Komajiri (Quake Resistant wooden framework). Materials that support the gassho style roof and force applied on the roof when a strong wind blows or an earthquake occurs.
Composition of this house :
- Cyouda - Bedroom
- Room for Buddhist Monk
- Butsuma - Room for Buddhist Altar
- Okunodai - Honored Guest Room
- Dai - Guest Room
- Drawing Room
- Kitchen
- Oe (Family Room with a Irori Fireplace)
This Kanda House Open from 9 am - 5 pm.
Closed on Wednesdays
Tel : 05769 6 1072
email : kanda-ke@csc.jp
http://kandahouse.web.fc2.com
Here you can enjoy the Tea for free and you can enjoy the atmosphere of the house, come & visit to Enjoy it.. =)
Written 18 August 2015
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Trieze0713
Jakarta, Indonesia35 contributions
Oct 2019
Was told by our guide that this is the best house to visit from the 3 available for tourists. Wasn't crowded and I could get to all 4 floors. Though it's a bit too hot inside since they burnt fires on the 1st floor but I could get glimpse of how the native lives. The house owner also serves nice green tea for free for visitors.
Written 8 November 2019
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Brigette
Australia487 contributions
Aug 2019
It’s like walking back in time this place is packed with nostalgia, my kid loves climbing the ladders and walking on the planks, I loved the photogenic views from the windows. Really worth it.
Written 22 August 2019
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Kent P
Batavia, OH101 contributions
Feb 2021
I loved this house. Best of the three to visit. Lots to see, and use a QR reader for much more information.
Written 25 February 2021
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The Weak Knee Traveler
Singapore, Singapore12,833 contributions
Mar 2018 • Solo
In my opinion, this is the best of the houses which are opened to public in the village. There are 4 stories in the main building. You can go up to the top which is the storeroom and smallish part of the house given the gassho style. Interesting building.
Written 15 April 2018
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Lance F
Willetton, Australia54 contributions
Jul 2016 • Couples
Worth a visit to have a peek of lives in yesteryear. However, there are a few stairs to climb and may not be suitable for those who are not too mobile...
Written 1 August 2016
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Sammy509
Abergavenny, UK1,074 contributions
Oct 2015 • Couples
Really interesting tour from the owner as our guide translated , a step back in time that is still used today . Be careful if you don't like smoky places !, informative and well preserved, a gem
Written 10 October 2015
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applie_bleu
Singapore, Singapore72 contributions
Nov 2014 • Couples
Very informative museum on the house's architecture, although most of it was in Japanese. It was quite an impressive and well-maintained house.
Written 14 December 2014
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NomDG
London, UK86 contributions
Jul 2013 • Solo
This place was recommended to me by a person who runs daily tours to the village. The reasoning was that:
* It is only one of the houses that gives you free tea (it was just out of a dispenser, but nice enough).
* You can explore all four floors.
Essentially, you're in Shirakawa-go to have a look at the houses. This is a good one to visit. What more is there to say?
Admission fee adult 300 for adults or 500 for a child. Signs are mostly in Japanese only. Largely not suitable for those with reduced mobility.
* It is only one of the houses that gives you free tea (it was just out of a dispenser, but nice enough).
* You can explore all four floors.
Essentially, you're in Shirakawa-go to have a look at the houses. This is a good one to visit. What more is there to say?
Admission fee adult 300 for adults or 500 for a child. Signs are mostly in Japanese only. Largely not suitable for those with reduced mobility.
Written 12 July 2013
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betteskid
Boston, MA1,326 contributions
Apr 2019 • Couples
We chose to explore this house when we visited Shirakawa-go and think it was a good choice. It was not nearly as crowded as the Wada House and some of the others but had many interesting displays. You could climb up to all of the floors, giving an interesting perspective as you peered out the windows. You should definitely go inside one of the houses during your visit and I think this one is a great choice.
Written 4 June 2019
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