Note: This selection of Words-and-Pictures was made on September 27, 2001, as I walked on the Old Tokaido.
This
honjin (official inn) is at
Futagawa in Aichi Prefecture, which is Station #33 (from Tokyo) on the Old Tokaido Highway. You can read about my visit to Futagawa in my
Logbook.
The official inn at Futagawa is a real delight. The main house was built in 1753, with additions made in 1849 and 1856. Restoration was completed in 1991. The main house covers almost 770 square meters--over 8,000 square feet! The two
okura (storehouses) date to 1718 and 1733; they total almost 110 square meters (with two stories each).
I shot so many pictures here that I've revised the page format a bit. The pictures are rather small, but I don't think you'll miss much. Larger images of some similar fixtures can be seen in the Maisaka
waki honjin. (But if you really need a large photo of an indoor wooden toilet, let me know, and I'll see what I can do.) [2019: Pages load much faster than they used to, so I've returned all the images on this page to their original sizes.]
The garden and grounds, including the okura or storehouses:
The interior:
The dais from which visitors were received
The earthen-floored central hallway, which divides the guests' quarters from the servants' side
The kitchen stove
The well, with a vending machine behind
Facilities:
A tub
This device was for use by gentlemen only (get it?).
This squatter was on the servants' side of the building...
...the stand-up version was for guests. (I want to try it!)
On display:
Another
kago
Boxes for carrying cargo
Household goods
Posted October 1, 2019
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