Yui Travel Guide

 cheesecake17 Says:  The pass at the foot of the mountain elongating into Suruga Bay, at the boundary between Yui Town and Shimizu City. The scenic view was depicted in the picture of the old Tokaido Highway named "Yui" by Hiroshige in the 18th century, when this pass was a dangerous section of... 

 cheesecake17 Says:  A house built in the 19th Century as a distinguished family's house, restored by keeping the old structures such as a low roof with tiles, a large front door with a wicket, Namako-style walls, lattice doors. Serves as a relaxation place for hikers from Satta Pass and... 

 cheesecake17 Says:  .......works of a famous painter of UKIYO-E (pictures of the floating world) in the old days..... old materials are also exhibited so that visitors can understand life of YUI-NO-SHUKU was like in the EDO era..NO PICTURES ALLOWED...but I sneak some..;) 

 cheesecake17 Says:  ....of the memorial hall is said to have been designed by ENSHU KOBORI in old days...The present garden was improved by repairing the old stone walls, etc..ENSHU KOBORI(1579-1647)A master of tea, architecture, garden design, calligraphy and poetry, he was a multi-talented... 

 cheesecake17 Says:  Late emperor of Meiji era took a rest at YUI HONJIN 3 times...One of the original rest houses was reconstructed as a memorial hall and named the MIYUKI-TEI..To this house an elaborate tea ceremony room called YUUJINSAI was added and today people are able to take a rest there... 

 cheesecake17 Says:  On the TOKAIDO highway starting from EDO (old name for TOKYO) and reaching KYOTO, post towns were established at an interval of 2-3 "RI" (8km-12km) by TOKUGAWA government......YUI-NO-SHUKUwas the 17th post town if counted from SHINAGAWA-NO-SHUKU and the 1st post town after... 

 cheesecake17 Says:  Kisokaido-Rokujukyutsugi-Nakatsugawa-no-Zu"(Scenery of Nakatugawa,Sixty-nine stations on the Kisokaido Road)It is said that most works of rainy scenery by Hiroshige are masterpieces.This is one of such splendid works.Regarding this work,it is said that only a few wood-block... 

 cheesecake17 Says:  ....is the ONLY museum in japan that has mainly collected works of famous painter of pictures of the floating world in old days...HIROSHIGE UTAGAWA.......It is said that only few wood-block prints of the work exist in the world today..MUSEUMFee of 500 yen, if you wish to... 

 cheesecake17 Says:  The garden in front of the rest house is called "SHOHIEN"...The garden was so named by Tesshu Yamaoka because there were a pine tree, pronounced as SHO, planted by SHOGAN IEYASU....and a japanese nutmeg tree , pronounce HI... 

 cheesecake17 Says:  The HONJIN of YUI was a little different from ordinary HONJIN and called CLOSED-TYPE HONJIN....because houses were shielded by walls so that you could not see them from the street...Main gate, stone walls, wooden walls and watering place for horses have images of the old...