{"id":4067,"date":"2016-03-14T08:00:29","date_gmt":"2016-03-13T23:00:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/voyapon.com\/?p=4067"},"modified":"2020-03-27T11:39:15","modified_gmt":"2020-03-27T02:39:15","slug":"inn-kashibaya-okabe-shizuoka","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/voyapon.com\/inn-kashibaya-okabe-shizuoka\/","title":{"rendered":"Great Inn Kashibaya in Okabe, Shizuoka"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Okabe, now merged with Fujieda City used to be the 21st Station along the Old Tokaido Route, actually the most used one of four that existed at the time as it mainly followed the coast between Nihonbashi in Edo\/Tokyo to Keishi\/Kyoto.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/shizuokagourmet.files.wordpress.com\/2014\/02\/shukuba-3.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-38132 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/shizuokagourmet.files.wordpress.com\/2014\/02\/shukuba-3.jpg?w=474\" alt=\"SN3O5358\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Inns were vital for the well-being of travellers of the time, generally of so-called middle class, especially merchants, and such a one can still be found just near the \u201cOkabeshuku Kashibaya Mae\u201d bus stop. As for reaching it, one cheap way is to take a bus either from Shizuoka City JR Station North Exit or Fujieda City JR North Exit.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/shizuokagourmet.files.wordpress.com\/2014\/02\/shukuba-4.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-38133 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/shizuokagourmet.files.wordpress.com\/2014\/02\/shukuba-4.jpg?w=474\" alt=\"SN3O5359\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Difficult to miss as it stands by a park.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/shizuokagourmet.files.wordpress.com\/2014\/02\/shukuba-5.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-38134 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/shizuokagourmet.files.wordpress.com\/2014\/02\/shukuba-5.jpg?w=474\" alt=\"SN3O5361\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">You will also find a souvenir shop open from 09:00 to 17:00 and a lunch restaurant open from 11:00 to 14:00 located at the back.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/shizuokagourmet.files.wordpress.com\/2014\/02\/shukuba-6.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-38135 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/shizuokagourmet.files.wordpress.com\/2014\/02\/shukuba-6.jpg?w=474\" alt=\"SN3O5362\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">The front access.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/shizuokagourmet.files.wordpress.com\/2014\/02\/shukuba-7.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-38136 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/shizuokagourmet.files.wordpress.com\/2014\/02\/shukuba-7.jpg?w=474\" alt=\"SN3O5363\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Don\u2019t forget this\u00a0attraction at the back in the shape of old traditional Japanese warehouses or \u201clura\u201d.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/shizuokagourmet.files.wordpress.com\/2014\/02\/shukuba-8.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-38138 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/shizuokagourmet.files.wordpress.com\/2014\/02\/shukuba-8.jpg?w=474\" alt=\"SN3O5364\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Note the owning family crest at the top!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/shizuokagourmet.files.wordpress.com\/2014\/02\/shukuba-9.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-38139 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/shizuokagourmet.files.wordpress.com\/2014\/02\/shukuba-9.jpg?w=474\" alt=\"SN3O5366\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">The lobby with a noren\/entrance curtain.\u00a0You will pay a small entrance fee there and be handed a pamphlet either in Japanese or in English.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/shizuokagourmet.files.wordpress.com\/2014\/02\/shukuba-10.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-38140 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/shizuokagourmet.files.wordpress.com\/2014\/02\/shukuba-10.jpg?w=474\" alt=\"SN3O5394\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">From the inside.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/shizuokagourmet.files.wordpress.com\/2014\/02\/shukuba-11.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-38141 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/shizuokagourmet.files.wordpress.com\/2014\/02\/shukuba-11.jpg?w=474\" alt=\"SN3O5377\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Somebody will be on hand to introduce the whole building.\u00a0What you see above is a small box inside the wall containing a paper lantern that was used for night arrivals!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/shizuokagourmet.files.wordpress.com\/2014\/02\/shukuba-12.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-38142 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/shizuokagourmet.files.wordpress.com\/2014\/02\/shukuba-12.jpg?w=474\" alt=\"SN3O5374\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">The guide explained to us the handling of the front entrance.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/shizuokagourmet.files.wordpress.com\/2014\/02\/shukuba-13.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-38143 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/shizuokagourmet.files.wordpress.com\/2014\/02\/shukuba-13.jpg?w=474\" alt=\"SN3O5375\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">As well as the front, windows which can be completely closed at night or in bad weather.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/shizuokagourmet.files.wordpress.com\/2014\/02\/shukuba-14.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-38145 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/shizuokagourmet.files.wordpress.com\/2014\/02\/shukuba-14.jpg?w=474\" alt=\"SN3O5376\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">The wooden curtain would prevent any rain or unwanted visitor during the night.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/shizuokagourmet.files.wordpress.com\/2014\/02\/shukuba-15.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-38146 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/shizuokagourmet.files.wordpress.com\/2014\/02\/shukuba-15.jpg?w=474\" alt=\"SN3O5365\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Before entering the actual premises visitors\/travellers would first sit in the mise\/welcome space where they would be introduced to the inn, their lodgings and the fees.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/shizuokagourmet.files.wordpress.com\/2014\/02\/shukuba-16.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-38147 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/shizuokagourmet.files.wordpress.com\/2014\/02\/shukuba-16.jpg?w=474\" alt=\"SN3O5373\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Like in Japanese traditional inns nowadays, board included dinner and breakfast and were not that cheap. Customers were mainly of the lower to higher middle-class, including merchants and Samurai and their retinue.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/shizuokagourmet.files.wordpress.com\/2014\/02\/shukuba-17.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-38148 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/shizuokagourmet.files.wordpress.com\/2014\/02\/shukuba-17.jpg?w=474\" alt=\"SN3O5372\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">The indoor kitchen.\u00a0Actually a lot was also prepared outside and in annexes!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/shizuokagourmet.files.wordpress.com\/2014\/02\/shukuba-18.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-38149 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/shizuokagourmet.files.wordpress.com\/2014\/02\/shukuba-18.jpg?w=474\" alt=\"SN3O5370\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">The owners had their own quarters on the ground\/first floor.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/shizuokagourmet.files.wordpress.com\/2014\/02\/shukuba-19.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-38150 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/shizuokagourmet.files.wordpress.com\/2014\/02\/shukuba-19.jpg?w=474\" alt=\"SN3O5384\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Domestic scene.\u00a0The owner\u2019s wife would paint her lips in black as a mark of her status.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/shizuokagourmet.files.wordpress.com\/2014\/02\/shukuba-20.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-38151 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/shizuokagourmet.files.wordpress.com\/2014\/02\/shukuba-20.jpg?w=474\" alt=\"SN3O5371\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">The whole place is a museum.\u00a0The present inn was rebuilt in 1836 and had to be built again after two fires struck the whole of Okabe.\u00a0It was registered as a National Intangible Cultural Asset in 1998.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/shizuokagourmet.files.wordpress.com\/2014\/02\/shukuba-21.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-38152 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/shizuokagourmet.files.wordpress.com\/2014\/02\/shukuba-21-e1391642110855.jpg?w=474\" alt=\"SN3O5379\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Candles and lanterns.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/shizuokagourmet.files.wordpress.com\/2014\/02\/shukuba-22.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-38153 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/shizuokagourmet.files.wordpress.com\/2014\/02\/shukuba-22.jpg?w=474\" alt=\"SN3O5382\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Portable stove to heat water or sake!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/shizuokagourmet.files.wordpress.com\/2014\/02\/shukuba-23.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-38154 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/shizuokagourmet.files.wordpress.com\/2014\/02\/shukuba-23.jpg?w=474\" alt=\"SN3O5383\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">An incense clock!\u00a0The powdered incense would take a determinate time to burn inside that contraption.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/shizuokagourmet.files.wordpress.com\/2014\/02\/shukuba-24.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-38155 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/shizuokagourmet.files.wordpress.com\/2014\/02\/shukuba-24-e1391642365517.jpg?w=474\" alt=\"SN3O5380\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Valuable hairpin collection, some of them made of tortoise shell!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/shizuokagourmet.files.wordpress.com\/2014\/02\/shukuba-25.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-38156 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/shizuokagourmet.files.wordpress.com\/2014\/02\/shukuba-25.jpg?w=474\" alt=\"SN3O5396\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Money and purses of the time.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/shizuokagourmet.files.wordpress.com\/2014\/02\/shukuba-26.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-38157 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/shizuokagourmet.files.wordpress.com\/2014\/02\/shukuba-26.jpg?w=474\" alt=\"SN3O5395\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Traveler\u2019s portable gear including ink stone and so on.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/shizuokagourmet.files.wordpress.com\/2014\/02\/shukuba-27.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-38158 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/shizuokagourmet.files.wordpress.com\/2014\/02\/shukuba-27.jpg?w=474\" alt=\"SN3O5367\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Access to the upper floor.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/shizuokagourmet.files.wordpress.com\/2014\/02\/shukuba-28.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-38159 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/shizuokagourmet.files.wordpress.com\/2014\/02\/shukuba-28.jpg?w=474\" alt=\"SN3O5368\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">You tour the whole place in a predetermined order.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/shizuokagourmet.files.wordpress.com\/2014\/02\/shukuba-29.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-38161 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/shizuokagourmet.files.wordpress.com\/2014\/02\/shukuba-29.jpg?w=474\" alt=\"SN3O5369\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Kamidana\/Home Shrine.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/shizuokagourmet.files.wordpress.com\/2014\/02\/shukuba-30.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-38162 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/shizuokagourmet.files.wordpress.com\/2014\/02\/shukuba-30.jpg?w=474\" alt=\"SN3O5385\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">A fireman\u2019s gear of the time.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/shizuokagourmet.files.wordpress.com\/2014\/02\/shukuba-31.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-38163 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/shizuokagourmet.files.wordpress.com\/2014\/02\/shukuba-31.jpg?w=474\" alt=\"SN3O5387\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">I told you it was a true little museum, didn\u2019t I?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/shizuokagourmet.files.wordpress.com\/2014\/02\/shukuba-32.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-38164 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/shizuokagourmet.files.wordpress.com\/2014\/02\/shukuba-32.jpg?w=474\" alt=\"SN3O5388\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">A biwa, my favourite Japanese music instrument.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/shizuokagourmet.files.wordpress.com\/2014\/02\/shukuba-33.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-38165 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/shizuokagourmet.files.wordpress.com\/2014\/02\/shukuba-33.jpg?w=474\" alt=\"SN3O5397\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Traveling gear.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/shizuokagourmet.files.wordpress.com\/2014\/02\/shukuba-34.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-38166 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/shizuokagourmet.files.wordpress.com\/2014\/02\/shukuba-34.jpg?w=474\" alt=\"SN3O5398\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Traveling clothes.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/shizuokagourmet.files.wordpress.com\/2014\/02\/shukuba-35.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-38167 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/shizuokagourmet.files.wordpress.com\/2014\/02\/shukuba-35.jpg?w=474\" alt=\"SN3O5400\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Lower middle-class guests on the upper floor.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/shizuokagourmet.files.wordpress.com\/2014\/02\/shukuba-36.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-38168 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/shizuokagourmet.files.wordpress.com\/2014\/02\/shukuba-36.jpg?w=474\" alt=\"SN3O5378\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Back to the owner\u2019s \u201cbusiness room\u201d on the ground floor.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/shizuokagourmet.files.wordpress.com\/2014\/02\/shukuba-37.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-38169 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/shizuokagourmet.files.wordpress.com\/2014\/02\/shukuba-37.jpg?w=474\" alt=\"SN3O5405\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Ceiling rafters.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/shizuokagourmet.files.wordpress.com\/2014\/02\/shukuba-38.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-38170 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/shizuokagourmet.files.wordpress.com\/2014\/02\/shukuba-38.jpg?w=474\" alt=\"SN3O5401\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">A genuine ukiyoe\/woodblock print of the Old Tokaido Road reaching Okabe.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/shizuokagourmet.files.wordpress.com\/2014\/02\/shukuba-39.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-38171 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/shizuokagourmet.files.wordpress.com\/2014\/02\/shukuba-39.jpg?w=474\" alt=\"SN3O5402\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">More copies of ukiyoe from the era.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/shizuokagourmet.files.wordpress.com\/2014\/02\/shukuba-40.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-38172 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/shizuokagourmet.files.wordpress.com\/2014\/02\/shukuba-40.jpg?w=474\" alt=\"SN3O5403\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">A relief map of Edo Era Okabe.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/shizuokagourmet.files.wordpress.com\/2014\/02\/shukuba-41.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-38173 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/shizuokagourmet.files.wordpress.com\/2014\/02\/shukuba-41.jpg?w=474\" alt=\"SN3O5404\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">An Edo Era scene of the Inn!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/shizuokagourmet.files.wordpress.com\/2014\/02\/shukuba-42.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-38174 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/shizuokagourmet.files.wordpress.com\/2014\/02\/shukuba-42-e1391645270590.jpg?w=474\" alt=\"SN3O5389\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Japanese carps in the pond of the small outdoors garden.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/shizuokagourmet.files.wordpress.com\/2014\/02\/shukuba-43.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-38175 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/shizuokagourmet.files.wordpress.com\/2014\/02\/shukuba-43.jpg?w=474\" alt=\"SN3O5390\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">A cute garden.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/shizuokagourmet.files.wordpress.com\/2014\/02\/shukuba-44.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-38176 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/shizuokagourmet.files.wordpress.com\/2014\/02\/shukuba-44.jpg?w=474\" alt=\"SN3O5391\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Don\u2019t forget to visit to the museum inside the kura behind the Inn as the owner was also a licensed pawn shop owner.<\/p>\n[cft format=0]\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Robert-Gilles Martineau takes us on photographic tour of the Great Inn Kashibaya in Okabe. 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