Iwahashi Samurai House

EXTERIOR EXCELLENT

This is one of the houses maintained by the city so the interior is not available. Great photo opportunity spring or fall.

Interesting comparison to the more upscale houses

We started at the top of the street with the Ishiguro House and moved down. This house, free but more limited in scope, shows how the middle class samurais lived. Nicely preserved.

It certainly is well preserved considering it was constructed in the Edo era.

There are many samurai residences that are open to the public. Some are free and at some an admission fee is required. This Iwahashi Family residence is a relatively larger house open to the public wi...

Free so why not

A completely open to public area which demonstrates the traditional samurai housing. It gives you an opportunity to see how they lived, how the the houses were constructed and there are many of these ...

Nice construction

Original Text

A beautiful example of the architecture of a house of a samurai clan. Free access. Gardens and outdoors of the spectacular house.