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*''Japanese'': 志摩 ''(Shima)''

*''Japanese'': 志摩 ''(Shima)''

Shima is a historical [[ochaya|teahouse]] ([[geisha]] house) in [[Kanazawa]]'s [[Higashi Chayagai]] geisha district. It is one of only a few teahouses in the country to have received this honor. Today it serves as a museum house, and is maintained as it would have looked in the Edo period.

Shima is a historical [[ochaya|teahouse]] ([[geisha]] house) in [[Kanazawa]]'s [[Higashi Chayagai]] geisha district. It is one of only a few teahouses in the country to have received the honor of being designated an [[Important Cultural Property]]. Today it serves as a museum house, and is maintained as it would have looked in the Edo period.

It was constructed in [[1820]], along with the rest of the ''chayagai'', the teahouses of which were among the only structures in the city granted exception from the ban on multi-story buildings.

It was constructed in [[1820]], along with the rest of the ''chayagai'', the teahouses of which were among the only structures in the city granted exception from the ban on multi-story buildings.