First things first we ate at a cute cafe right next to our first location. We visited three different places all along the cultural path of Nagoya. The first was the Futaba Museum, former house of Japan's first movie star. A Geisha girl at 16, turned theater actress who later became the first movie actress in Japan. She was married to the electric power king of Japan and together they had a fantastic home in 1920. Next was the former residence of Sasuke Toyoda, brother of famed founder of Toyota. Lastly we came to the district's multi-purpose building where there was a fine garden, an art exhibit and a piano player. The exhibit featured works by three different artist and they were all there at the show. We went back to the hotel to pack and get ready to leave in the morning. Toyama here we come.
The Futaba Museum
It was designed by the firm America-ya the first architectural company to specialize in houses
A blast of color
Lunchtime
This is the interior of the cafe
The magic button! Press of rservice
Great lunch!
Some tempura for me
A stir fry kimchee and pork
A single cherry!
Back to the Museum
Stained glass windows
A great long stairway
The light through the fine windows
A round room
The woodwork was delightful
A fine textile
The blues on top are great
Great Arts and Craft doors
Parquet floors
Sadayakko Kawakami started as a Geisha at 16 and rose in the ranks of theater. She was so accomplished that she joined an international touring group and actually performed in Paris in 1900 at the expo there. She was born in 1871 and lived to 1946
The King of Electric Power married her after she was widowed and he lived to 1938 after being born in 1868.
A nice outdoor garden
A elfin statue
One fine bronze statue
Not a statue for a first time collector
The three string guitar
Some old trunks
The box with so much inside
Lacquered box
A very impressive electric system. No doubt the state of the art
The windows and roof are classic Arts and Craft style
The original cabinetry
Please do not use the sink
Switches
The sandals that were provided were too small
The first phones where only a single button was required
More nice stained glass
More nice inlayed flooring
The lamp matches the paneling
Cool lamps on the top of the stairs
Delightful
A parting shot
More classic older buildings
Mixed with newer construction
Very modern yet still looking older
Mr. Whiskers
The second house
An elegant entrance
The crane motif
This showed the elements of the crane motif that relate to the owners name
The panels in the bedrooms were all painted in swaths of gold
A out building
Arts and crafts highlights all around
This is a panel that can slide over so that is is completely blocked or oval openings allow in air
More sliding panels
Guest rooms
A Urinal for the gents
Luggage
So detailed
It is a hole in the ground
Wood all around
A bomb shelter behind the house
A classic old fan
There were openings to allow air flow between the rooms
Groovy!
Nice tile at the entryway
More tile outside as we leave one minute before closing time
A scruffy old building
Lunch delivery my mamma starling
A funky wedding facility
Schools out
The heavily laden biked that the Mom's ride around
What a magnificent eight panel
Tableau of Japanese history
Some sort of military
One last place to visit, the community multipurpose building
A great garden
Old well and pump
An art show going on
This is the Afghan goat game
We got to meet the artists inside the building
The old doors are like bank vaults
They must provide a great seal
The garden was small with a large variety of flowers
Dog wood tree
This tree was thick with blooms
Hey Mr. Frog
It is a cow!
Come in Tokyo...no make that come in Nagoya
