KOSOUAN - Japanese Traditional Tea House
You can see KOSOUAN on the right hand side by walking near an easy uphill road of CATTLEYA STREET from Jiyugaoka Station. It is a tea salon which remains a japanese traditional house. You can enjoy MATTCHA which is japanese green tea, ANMITU and ZENZAI which are kinds of dessert, TOKORO-TEN which are seeweed's noodles, etc.
They also have a gallery space. In the season of HINA-MATURI - The Girl's(Doll) Festival, you can see many dolls on display here. So it is also a tasteful place.
On the opposite side of the road, there is a small shopping mall called La Vita which is modeled on Venice. People from other countries take pictures of the landmarks near here. It is interesting that these two symbols of different culture are on each side of the road.
Made of Old Mulberry Wood. Connection with Soseki Natsume
The building seems to be famous in connection with Soseki Natsume.
The following Japanese sentences are quoted from the menu.
It says that the house was built as a tea house by grandfather who was a friend of Soseki's son-in-law Mr.Matsuoka. Because the grandfather wanted to build it using old mulberry wood, Mr.Matsuoka gathered some from his hometown.
古桑庵
昭和の初め、夏目漱石の長女筆子の婿、
松岡 譲氏と祖父 彦はテニス仲間として
の交遊が有りました。祖父の趣味であった
お茶を楽しむ為に隠居所を兼ねた茶室を構
えるにあたり、祖父が好みました桑の古材
を松岡氏が故郷越後で集め蒐めて下さいました。
後に『古桑庵』と名づけ、松岡氏の御上京
の折には親しく宿として泊まられておりま
した。
The photo of an ANMITSU.
The photo of an MATTCHA
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KOSOUAN
03-3718-4203
Closed on Wednesday
1-24-23 Jiyugaoka Meguro Tokyo
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