Visiting the Old Ito Den-emon Residence, Iizuka, Fukuoka

We made a short trip to the Old Ito Den-emon Residence (旧伊藤伝右衛門邸 kyu-ito-den-emon-tei), a traditional Japanese-style house and garden in the Northern suburbs of Iizuka city, Fukuoka prefecture. This house was initially build as his main residence in the early 1900s. At that time Den-emon was the kingmaker of coal mine in the Chikuho Region.

The entrance gate of this beautiful Japanese garden. The gate originated in his house of the Tenjin area of Fukuoka city, but was moved to its present location.

Passing the Samurai style wooden gate, the garden tour starts from here.

The main garden. It consists of three parts of the garden, the plaza around the house south of the horse-carriage turning, the inner garden surrounded by buildings, and the main garden, a stroll garden can be seen from the living room, is located in the north side of the house.

An Azuma-ya (東屋) or the Octagonal pavilion in the middle. It's the best place to rest, you can take a closer look at the big beautiful garden.

A five-story stone lantern in the main garden. It has been bought for a marriage of his second wife, Byakuren Yanagihara (柳原白蓮).

After the tour, we saw the living room of Den-emon's house. I took pictures of some household items where photos can be taken in the house. I'll show you my pictures on my next blog.