Tea Room
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Ōbai-an
おうばいあん
An Edo-period tea room from the Toyoda house in Imai-chō, Nara, acquired and used in Odawara by Matsunaga Yasuzaemon (Jian), who devoted himself to developing electric power,, and donated to Sakai after his death.
Ōbai-an is an Edo-period tea room that stood in the Toyoda house, a national Important Cultural Property, in Imai-chō, Kashihara, Nara.
Matsunaga Yasuzaemon (Jian), who devoted himself to developing the electric power industry and is counted among the 'four heavenly kings' of tea, acquired and remodelled it and used it in Odawara. In 1980 his family donated it to Sakai and it was moved here.
A garden roji, free to visit, links it to Shin-an. The tea rooms are registered tangible cultural properties.
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How to experience itVisit & use
The roji can be visited free of charge, and matcha (¥600) is served at the ryūrei seats of neighbouring Shin-an. The official page states that only Shin-an is rented as a tea room; nothing is stated about entering Ōbai-an.
Visitor informationInformation
| Address | Daisen Park, 2 Mozu-sekiun-chō, Sakai-ku, Sakai (beside the Sakai City Museum) |
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| Closed | Mondays (open if a holiday), year-end holidays, and days the Sakai City Museum is closed |
| Admission | The roji is free to visit |
| Access | About 500 m from JR Mozu Station (Hanwa Line) |
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Photo: Ōbai-an, Sakai City Tea Rooms (Wikimedia Commons / CC BY-SA 3.0 / Slowsteps)
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