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Cafe time at a luxury restaurant in Sukiya style, Tangible Cultural Property.
The afternoon at Yoshiume Yoshicho-tei (limited time).
Yoshicho (now around Ningyocho 1-chome) was a flower district where the sound of the sake cups (high clogs) and the shamisen resonated in the evening. It was in 1927 that Ume, who lived in Yoshicho, started "Yoshiume" in a building in Sukiya style, where Geisha's house. There were still many geisha in the neighborhood, and the scent of Edo was drifting.
Today's Yoshiume includes Ningyocho Main Store, which offers lunch, and Yoshicho-tei, a pot and kaiseki course that raises goodwill in the evening. The Yoshicho-tei introduced here is designated as a registered Tangible Cultural Property of the country, and when crossing the threshold, it looks as if it was beyond space and time. Why isn't the literary writer Junichirou Tanizaki swaying smoke at the waist seat next to the entrance (His birthplace was very close, along with a shamo pot and Oyakodon ball).
In order to express the spirituality of the tea master, Sukiya style is a style that values delicate, quality and sophisticated. It is an architectural style that uses a variety of natural materials to harmonize with nature.
The young landlady guided me around the house.
yakusugi cedar is used on the ceiling. It is said that the wood grain is not only gorgeous, but also has an insect repellent effect and can withstand many years. And the photo on the right is a large door of Akita cedar, 500 years old. When the fat seeps out from the inside and the sun hits it, it seems to shine like a mirror.
Yoshicho-tei values tokonoma.
There is an elaborate design between the floors of the guest room. For example, a floor column. We use Magnolia kobus trees, surface poles (a natural tree without skin), and vertical cedar pillars (a slowly growing them over time to wrinkle the surface). The ikebana is made by a young landlady who presides over the ikebana class. The paintings of Kiyoshi Yamashita painter are casually decorated (right photo).
The polished pine corridor and handmade glass.
The corridor on the left is a waxed pine corridor. However, it seems that the maintenance is only wiping, and the luster of the surface is a fat that seeps out of the pine. And the retro-sensitive window glass running on the porch is a handmade waveboard that is difficult to replenish. When asked, "Is there anyone who gets drunk and crashes and breaks?", He said that there was no such person. Previously, I was drunk and kicked the glass with a snack ... I don't drink at Yoshicho-tei.
A room with a spacious tsubo garden and a calm tea room-style room.
At the back of the first floor, a garden welcomes guests. Lanterns, stones, and plants are arranged in a long and narrow garden that makes you feel the spread of the space, making it look bigger than it is actually. We had matcha while looking at the garden in a small room like a tea room. 550 yen. It's 505-500 yen! I think coffee is the same level. Every room is beautiful and well-cleaned, and if you crawl your fingers into the pier of the glass door, there is no dust (it's rude to crawl your fingers). The cleanliness was pleased with the food and my body.
The cafe time at Yoshicho-tei is only at this time.
If you don't have dinner at Yoshicho-tei and drink, you'll spend more than 20,000 yen per person. Many customers are elderly and business-related, and it seems that there are many people who go out and have dinner due to the COVID-19 pandemic. He said that he set up a cafe time this time because he wanted to see Yoshicho-tei beyond his age. From 2 to 4 o'clock. Closed on weekends and holidays. The period is scheduled until the end of declaration of a state of emergency (required confirmation). There is seldom opportunity to appreciate national cultural properties only with tea fee at a leisurely restaurant seat.
1-5-2 Nihonbashi Ningyocho 03-5623-4422 2-minute walk from Ningyocho Station on the Hibiya Line. A 6-minute walk from Hanzomon Line Suitengu-mae. About 2 minutes straight along a small street called Geisha Shindo of Great Kannon Terawaki (At Daikanonji Temple, an iron Buddha head with a height of 170 cm is opened on the 11th and 17th of every month).