Seizansō - Hitachiota

I am deeply moved by the fact that the facility, which was spent 10 years before the death of Mitsukuni, is protected by the Tokugawa family and the locals.

Thank you for your help. I visited you for the first time. You can feel the history. If you ask in time, I think you will get a better view. It's a cold sky right now. For me, it seems that I will enter a place where I can see it slowly.

The entrance fee is too high for the highlight. There is a tea shop in the park, and it costs 500 yen for matcha and sweets, but the tea you want in a quiet place is the best. No matter how much Komon-sama, the entrance fee should not be high. Five stars for 500 yen.

Is it colder than last year? It seems that the plum blossoms are a little late. I was able to take a walk on Sunday without any crowds.

Visited after noon on weekdays in mid-August. It was quite vacant. It is the place where I spent after the retreat of Tokugawa Mitsukuni, who is famous as "Mito Komon". You can enjoy the souvenir shop and the Japanese garden at the entrance for free, but from the gate of Seizan Goten, you can enter by paying the entrance fee at the facility in front of you. (Adult 1200 yen) In a quiet space surrounded by forests, you can relax and enjoy the interior and garden of the "retirement". There were many maple trees in the garden, so it was a place I would like to visit during the autumn leaves season.

As mentioned by other visitors, the admission fee was as high as 1,200 yen, but the eldest son who was walking with me was a mentally handicapped person, so when I presented the nursing notebook, it was not a public facility than the guard man. , It was said that the discount is not applicable because it is a mansion open to the public by the Tokugawa family. For people with intellectual disabilities who cannot enjoy the world of Wabi-Sabi at Misasagi, it is desirable to set a child fee at least. After entering Kannai, I first liked the simple gate of Kunugi. I think that the palace where Mitsukuni Tokugawa spent his last years is full of simple aesthetics, like the Katsura Imperial Villa. If you come to visit Nishiyamaso, you should definitely stop by at Nishiyama no Sato Chamuro Koyoan, where you can enjoy a relaxing time while watching the garden while enjoying matcha and Japanese sweets.

Mito Komon, one of the classic poetic justice that I saw on TV with my grandfather when I was a child When I heard that there was a Nishiyama palace related to Mito Komon, I visited there during the time. The parking lot is free and the toilets are clean. There is also a souvenir shop and a restaurant, and there is also a splendid garden with a lotus pond. To the palace, proceed to the mountain side from this garden to the back. Of course, it is not barrier-free, so those with poor legs may have a hard time. Seizan Goten is located at the end protected by a strict gate like a sekisho. From here onward, you must purchase an admission ticket to enter. The museum shop is in front of the entrance. Purchase an admission ticket at the ticket vending machine. What surprised me was the amount! What! "1,200 yen" How many times have you snapped your eyes? .. .. Exhibits such as this palace are privately owned, so maintenance will be expensive. Facilities related to the Tokugawa family, such as the Tokugawa Museum in Mito and Nikko Toshogu. What they all have in common is the high admission and admission fees. Seizan Goten is probably the same. Although it is part of the Tokugawa Museum, the admission fee, which is comparable to that of the Tokugawa Museum, which is the home of the museum, makes me want to appeal to Mr. Tokugawa, "Look better at the circumstances of the common people suffering from the corona sickness!" .. .. .. Although the introduction has become longer, the palace itself is impressive for Mito Komon fans. Kumano cedar that continues from the tower gate. There is also a height and it feels solemn. Inside the mansion, there are even unusual things such as a luggage compartment with an Aoi crest (?) And an exhibition of a three-dimensional image of Mito Komon reproduced by computer technology. Materials related to the Dai Nihonshi compilation project, which Mitsukuni devoted his life to completing after moving to Seizansou. .. .. As a Mito Komon fan, it is nothing else that I wanted more materials to be exhibited. The three ponds that surround the palace, such as Gourd Pond, Byakuren Pond, and Sakuraya Pond, and Mt. Kangetsu, which is at a height overlooking the mansion, are also worth seeing. But after all, I don't feel that the price of 1,200 yen and the contents of the exhibition are not balanced. I think that many critical opinions about charges can be changed if JAF discounts can be used at least. .. .. The museum shop is also small in scale and the lineup of products handled is not good enough. These are also lonely as a fan.