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*''Established: [[1861]]''
*''Japanese'': 柊家 ''(hiiragiya)''
The Hiiragiya is an upscale ''[[ryokan]]'' (inn) in [[Kyoto]].
It was established in [[1861]] by a metalsmith known for his ''[[tsuba]]'' whose father had traveled to Kyoto from a town on the [[Sea of Japan]] coast, in order to establish a trading post there. The inn had its start as a place for porters associated with that trading post, and others looking for work, and was named after Hiiragi Shrine (located within [[Shimogamo Shrine]].
In [[1853]], friends encouraged the metalsmith to more formally establish the Hiiragi-ya as an inn catering to ''daimyô'' and other samurai traveling to the city. During the turbulent [[Bakumatsu]] period, the inn saw its share of shogunal agents or the Imperial loyalist rebels they opposed; in the 20th century, such prominent figures as Kawabata Yasunari, Mishima Yukio, and Charlie Chaplin are known to have stayed there.
==References==
*Durston, Diane. ''[[Old Kyoto]]''. Kodansha International, 2005. pp63-64.
==External Links==
*[http://maps.google.com/maps?q=%E4%BA%AC%E9%83%BD%E5%B8%82%E4%B8%AD%E4%BA%AC%E5%8C%BA%E4%B8%AD%E7%99%BD%E5%B1%B1%E7%94%BA&hl=en&ie=UTF8&ll=35.010205,135.76572&spn=0.076205,0.062313&sll=34.991848,135.768165&sspn=0.038392,0.031157&t=h&hnear=Nakahakusancho,+Nakagyo+Ward,+Kyoto,+Kyoto+Prefecture,+Japan&z=13&layer=c&cbll=35.010205,135.76572&panoid=k-G6WeiX6vHGwqxrZVSWCA&cbp=12,334.35,,1,-12.28 Hiiragiya on Google Maps]
*[http://www.hiiragiya.co.jp/ Official Website]
[[Category:Historic Buildings]]
[[Category:Bakumatsu]]
*''Japanese'': 柊家 ''(hiiragiya)''
The Hiiragiya is an upscale ''[[ryokan]]'' (inn) in [[Kyoto]].
It was established in [[1861]] by a metalsmith known for his ''[[tsuba]]'' whose father had traveled to Kyoto from a town on the [[Sea of Japan]] coast, in order to establish a trading post there. The inn had its start as a place for porters associated with that trading post, and others looking for work, and was named after Hiiragi Shrine (located within [[Shimogamo Shrine]].
In [[1853]], friends encouraged the metalsmith to more formally establish the Hiiragi-ya as an inn catering to ''daimyô'' and other samurai traveling to the city. During the turbulent [[Bakumatsu]] period, the inn saw its share of shogunal agents or the Imperial loyalist rebels they opposed; in the 20th century, such prominent figures as Kawabata Yasunari, Mishima Yukio, and Charlie Chaplin are known to have stayed there.
==References==
*Durston, Diane. ''[[Old Kyoto]]''. Kodansha International, 2005. pp63-64.
==External Links==
*[http://maps.google.com/maps?q=%E4%BA%AC%E9%83%BD%E5%B8%82%E4%B8%AD%E4%BA%AC%E5%8C%BA%E4%B8%AD%E7%99%BD%E5%B1%B1%E7%94%BA&hl=en&ie=UTF8&ll=35.010205,135.76572&spn=0.076205,0.062313&sll=34.991848,135.768165&sspn=0.038392,0.031157&t=h&hnear=Nakahakusancho,+Nakagyo+Ward,+Kyoto,+Kyoto+Prefecture,+Japan&z=13&layer=c&cbll=35.010205,135.76572&panoid=k-G6WeiX6vHGwqxrZVSWCA&cbp=12,334.35,,1,-12.28 Hiiragiya on Google Maps]
*[http://www.hiiragiya.co.jp/ Official Website]
[[Category:Historic Buildings]]
[[Category:Bakumatsu]]
