Kusatsu-juku - 1 Chome-2-8 Kusatsu

I have been wandering around the post towns of Nakasendo and Tokaido in southern Nagano, Gifu, Aichi, and Mie prefectures, but I was surprised that the main building was rarely left, so I also visited the inside. .. The columns and pillars were still beautiful and lovely The parking lot is on the back of the building, entering a narrow road. Also, the old Tokaido in front is a one-way street, so you can't go in the direction of Kyoto.

The parking lot was at the back of the side road of "Honjin". The inside was well managed and it was very good.

I saw it with a common ticket (350 yen) with the Kusatsu-juku Exchange Center. As a souvenir, I bought the Gokaido MAP (100 yen). The bicycle / motorcycle storage area is located on the left side of the entrance.

I bought a common ticket for Kusatsu-juku Honjin and Kaido Exchange Center and visited it. Kusatsu-juku Honjin is a facility where daimyo from the Edo period stayed, and after repairs, it remains as it was at that time. When I looked around the hall, it was wider than I expected, and I could nod that it was the largest in the country in existence ☆ What impressed me especially was the straight long tatami corridor and the luxuriously decorated upper tier. When I went around each floor, there were toilets and bathrooms for the guests, kitchens for cooking, etc., and it was quite spectacular to see what it was like as an accommodation facility at that time. Also, from the dirt floor, you can go to the area where the warehouse is located, and it is also a route leading to the Rakuzakan, so it is recommended that you do not overlook it. However, I was a little disappointed because there were places where I couldn't see / enter the inside, such as the warehouse and the residence.

About 10 minutes walk from Kusatsu station. It is difficult to understand if there is any guidance from the station, so it is better to go while looking at the map. Cospa is good with a ticket common to Honjin and the exchange hall for ¥ 350. Furthermore, since it was a visit on Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays, I received a postcard as a gift by presenting the Kintetsu 1day smile ticket. It will be a good memory of your trip. The main team had many attractions, and the inside was wider and more complicated than I expected. There may be various reasons for crime prevention. What was interesting was the upper room (Yukigakure) and Yuden, and when doing (Large), it was like installing something like a potty in what is now called a tatami room. It was a feeling. It seems that it was replaced and processed once and for all ... Well, the stench is amazing, and it's hard ... (Small) was not much different from the current urinals. I don't like the side to be processed and the side to process w It seems that Yuden was carrying the hot water boiled outdoors to the vat barrel ... There must have been a distance from the outdoor gate, and the vat barrel was deeper than I expected. I thought it would be difficult to take a bath because there was one. The structure was also designed with the structure for a bathroom in mind, and I learned a lot. If you are interested in architecture and old life, it will be interesting to take a look!

I stopped at the nearby Times and walked for about 10 minutes. I got lost on the way ? It was very cold because I went to the tour in March. I didn't have slippers to rent because it was a corona vortex, so my feet were quite cold, but I thought it would have been colder in the old days. There were various places where I used to wash my hands and cook meals, but when I imagined the lives of people in the past, I was excited and at the same time I was impressed that they were working hard. If you twist the water Hot water comes out normally and you can take a bath normally You can heat it in the microwave normally. .. What do people at that time think about the world today? .. It was a pity that I couldn't take many pictures, but it seems that there are several post stations like this all over the country, so I would like to go there again.

The headquarters of the former Tokaido Kusatsu-juku. It seems that many daimyo used it because there was only a key point of transportation called the junction with the old Nakasendo. If you put an app called "Pocket Curator" on your smartphone, you can listen to "commentary" at the highlights of this facility. I had it installed when I visited other museums before, so I could use it as a dedicated guide here as well. By the way, this app can also be used at "Kusatsujuku Kaido Exchange Center", which is a few minutes walk from Kusatsujuku Honjin. Here you can hear stories with the motif of Yaji Kita Dochu.