Higashi Chaya District

Beautiful teahouse located in the middle of the main street of the Higashi Chaya District. It is the largest teahouse in the district and one of the most well-preserved. Tea service is included in the admission fee.

Tea house built in the 1820s that today it stands as a museum and an Important Cultural Site. Spread over two floors, visitors can see the instruments used by the geisha to entertain guests to the tea house and glimpse into how the tea houses of the area looked in the late Edo period. Explanations are only in Japanese but a simple English pamphlet is also available.