Temple of Wood Carvings & Yamamoto-tei, Japanese architecture in Shibamata

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Duration

3 to 4 hours

Overview

Shibamata is nostalgic town loved by the locals as famous movie actor, Tora-san lived there.The approaching path lined with sweet dango dumpling, rice cracker shops leads to Taishakuten temple nick named "temple of wood carving".There are numerous wood carvings depicting scene from Buddhist scripture and must attract you by their intricacy.Suikei-en Japanese garden of the compound encircled with wooden corridor shows you beautiful changing scenery of the garden.Yamamoto-tei, a former merchant's residence features Japanese-Western style, creating a harmony of a Japanese drawing room, western architecture and Japanese garden. Ranked 4th by American magazine Sukiya Living,the Journal of Japanese Gardening in 2019 Yamamoto tei will give you rich and relaxing time while sitting on cool tatami mat viewing tranquil Japanese garden.Matcha tea & sweets are available for 500-600 yen.