From my downtown hotel, Super Hotel City Kumamoto, it's just a short streetcar ride to the fantastic Hosokawa Gyobutei Mansion. You can ask for a special ticket that can be used for the entrance of this samurai house and Kumamoto Castle next to it for only 640 yen. The mansion was the house for the third heir of the Hosokawa clan who ruled the area. You can see the architecture of fancy traditional Japanese houses, how the rooms were laid out, and what kinds of furniture were used in the past.
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        Hosokawa Gyoubutei Mansion
Learn the lifestyle of a Japanese samurai
 
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                                Hosokawa Gyoubutei Mansion                            
                         
                            
                            
                                Entrance pathway to the mansion                            
                         
                            
                            
                                All rooms have tatami flooring                            
                         
                            
                            
                                Each room was used for different purposes                            
                         
                            
                            
                                There is an outer building used for tea ceremony                            
                         
                            
                            
                                Bathtub found in traditional Japanese house                            
                         
                            
                            
                                Well used for bath and cooking water                            
                         
                            
                            
                                The hallway is open to the gardens outside                            
                         
                            
                            
                                Collection of Japanese bowls and plates                            
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