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Overview
Ten years in the building; even the flaws in each timber were used as design, and the ceiling is woven to catch light off the river.
About this place
Garyu Sanso is a mountain villa in Ozu, Ehime Prefecture. The garden is a Place of Scenic Beauty of Japan. In 1897 it was purchased by Kawachi Torajiro, a trader from Ozu who had succeeded in exporting wood wax; with the tea-house architect Yagi Jinbei of Kyoto as adviser and Nakano Torao, a master carpenter from a line of carpenters of the Ozu Domain's construction office, in charge of building, the project took 10 years of planning, 4 years of construction and 9,000 workers in total, and was completed in 1907 (Meiji 40).
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Source ja.wikipedia.org ↗Key facts
Founded / opened：1907 Highlights / collection：Important Cultural Property sukiya architecture, Furoan jutting over the river, Rooms with no two designs alike Genre：Architecture
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