House of a Samurai in Kanazawa

18/07/2010

It was the second day in Kanazawa and was in nagamchi the Samurai town. There are rebuilt samurai houses indicating the old living patterns. Some houses still have old ornaments cutlery,toilets left.I am always surprised of the Japanese people who lived in very little spaces.

The inside plan of a foot soldier house.

The view of the inside from the entrance

Cutlery used in the house

The living room

An old fireplace

In early japan people used to sit around the fireplace wholeday making tea, cooking,eating, chatting and even sleeping. This habit is still left in Japan, now around kotatsu instead of the fireplace. kotatsu is a small table with a heater attached and till recently it had a coal heater attached.

The extra sleeping room upstairs and the ladder used to get in.

The ancient closets more like `pettagam in` sinhala

The backside of the house

The bathtub

Old toilets - left hand side is a ladies s toilet.

Enjoy and relive the ancient Japanese Samurais life for free. I really mean it, it is for free.

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