Samurai Residence Terashima Kurando Residence

弥村圭一 3 months ago

The beautiful autumn foliage of Azalea and Maple at the garden of the Kurando Terashima's Samurai House is worth visiting. You can have Matcha at the authentic tearoom inside.

Sander van Vliet 8 months ago

Nice and small museum with a Japanese garden. When entering and after you pay your fee, you will be standing in the main room. An audio tape will be started which explains the life and site of Mr. Kurando. You can stroll around and have a look at some of the works in the museum and make a short walk through the garden. When it's quiet and not many visitors you can relax and enjoy the calmness of the garden

Juliette RGD 8 months ago

Terashima was a middle class retainer and his house was built in the 1700s. Terashima was also painter and his Japanese garden has now trees planted 300years ago. The place provides a glimpse into the home life of a samurai family.

Diego Rodriguez Alvarez a year ago

Beautiful place with super kind staff who speaks fluent English. Very accommodating, trying to make me feel at ease and explaining to me several details about the place. She even offered me the Kanazawa pass which only costs Y530! If you visit at least 2 places, getting the pass is cheaper. I had already visited other places included in the pass and no one had offered it to me! Such a great experience visiting this former samurai family house.

J. B. 4 years ago

This is the house of a middle rank samurai. It is not very big, just one main room and three tiny side rooms downstairs, and the upper floor is off limits. But it has a reasonably nice little garden and guests can also drink macha for 300¥. There is a long audio explanation available in English and Japanese. Overall the experience is not outstanding, but it's interesting enough if you are in the neighborhood.