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Inoue Kaoru established a villa in Okitsu in January [[1896]], calling it Chôjasô. Saionji Kinmochi established his in 1919, calling it Zagyosô. Today, the Zagyosô has been relocated to the open-air architecture museum [[Meiji Mura]] near [[Nagoya]], but a reconstruction of it has been erected and is maintained as a historic house open to visitors.

Inoue Kaoru established a villa in Okitsu in January [[1896]], calling it Chôjasô. Saionji Kinmochi established his in 1919, calling it Zagyosô. Today, the Zagyosô has been relocated to the open-air architecture museum [[Meiji Mura]] near [[Nagoya]], but a reconstruction of it has been erected and is maintained as a historic house open to visitors.

===Minaguchiya===

===Minaguchiya===

The inn burned down in a fire which destroyed some 30 buildings on the western side of the town on 2 Feb [[1879]]. Many valuable inn records were lost in this fire. The reconstruction of the inn was completed on 16 August that same year.

The inn burned down in a fire which destroyed some 30 buildings on the western side of the town on 2 Feb [[1879]]. Many valuable inn records were lost in this fire. The reconstruction of the inn was completed on 16 August that same year.

Notable figures who stayed at the Minaguchiya on at least one occasion during the Meiji period include the statesmen [[Sanjo Sanetomi|Sanjô Sanetomi]], [[Yamagata Aritomo]], Inoue Kaoru, and Saionji Kinmochi; the Shôwa Emperor (Hirohito); poets [[Ochiai Naobumi]] and [[Ito Sachio|Itô Sachio]]; authors [[Natsume Soseki]], [[Masamune Hakucho|Masamune Hakuchô]], [[Shiga Naoya]], [[Arishima Ikuma]], and [[Takayama Chogyu|Takayama Chogyû]]; painter [[Kuroda Seiki]]; educator and ''[[oyatoi gaikokujin]]'' [[Alice Bacon]]; and Director-General of the Cabinet Legislation Bureau [[Inoue Kowashi]]. Many of these individuals used Okitsu as a location for recuperation from illness.

Notable figures who stayed at the Minaguchiya on at least one occasion during the Meiji period include the statesmen [[Sanjo Sanetomi|Sanjô Sanetomi]], [[Yamagata Aritomo]], Inoue Kaoru, and Saionji Kinmochi; poets [[Ochiai Naobumi]] and [[Ito Sachio|Itô Sachio]]; authors [[Natsume Soseki]], [[Masamune Hakucho|Masamune Hakuchô]], [[Shiga Naoya]], [[Arishima Ikuma]], and [[Takayama Chogyu|Takayama Chogyû]]; painter [[Kuroda Seiki]]; educator and ''[[oyatoi gaikokujin]]'' [[Alice Bacon]]; and Director-General of the Cabinet Legislation Bureau [[Inoue Kowashi]]. Many of these individuals used Okitsu as a location for recuperation from illness.

 

Prime Minister [[Kiyoura Keigo]], Speaker of the House [[Kasuya Gizo|Kasuya Gizô]], poets [[Onoe Saishu|Onoe Saishû]] and [[Yosano Akiko]], and novelist [[Abe Tomoji]] were among those who stayed at the Minakuchiya later in the prewar era. The Shôwa Emperor (Hirohito) and Empress Kôjun stayed at the Minaguchiya for two nights in October 1957.

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