Tea house, Shima (東茶屋街 国重要文化財 志摩 - TopicsExpress



          

Tea house, Shima (東茶屋街 国重要文化財 志摩 Kanazawa, Ishikawa prefecture) An ochaya while literally meaning tea house was actually a place for customers to be entertained by Geishas as they drank sake. As a rule, an ochaya such as Shima would have been exclusively patronaized by upper class marchants. Shima was constructed in 182 years ago and excepting only the electric lighting and modern toilets, remains much the same today as when it was built.
Posted on: Wed, 15 Oct 2014 08:00:00 +0000

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