Izumi-Fumoto Samurai Residences

Very interesting

A very interesting area. Very beautiful streets of immaculate houses and gardens. The curators of the houses were extremely helpful even though we couldn't speak each others language. We were persuade...

go to the past

It is interesting to see those old Samurai houses. We were lucky to have the manager guiding us walking along. He was very kind to help us translating and taking photos. There are a staff in each hous...

Simple but interesting

There are several buildings in the area that were owned by samurai families and our well preserved. A couple of them provide tours and one you can even dress up like a samurai. There is a Wi-Fi-based ...

Trip with a bonus

I absolutely enjoyed my short stay in Izumi. My husband and I got to rent kimonos and walk the streets of Izumi. We got guided tours of each Samurai home. The bonus was that we got to keep our kimonos...

美しい石垣と街並み

お盆休みの8月14日、出水麓歴史館の無料駐車場に11時頃到着した時はうちだけでしたが、回って戻ると少し増えていました。街並みの間にも駐車場はありますが、出水麓歴史館にも入るのであれば、ここにとめて学習してから回るのが良いと思います。 薩摩と肥後との国境は防衛上重要な場所として、規模も最大級の「麓」だったようです。鹿児島に12ケ所ある武家屋敷群「麓」。今回で6つ目の訪問となりました。 武...