Kyoto Around Gosho Trip

I would like to inform Walking around Gosho Trip.

First to visit Kyoto Prefectural government.
Ride subway, get off at Marutamachi station.

Walk Muromachi street 200m north.
Turn left, and walk Shimodachiuri street about 10 minutes.
Then you arrive at Kyoto Prefectural government.

Please enter this government from east gate, for south gate is closed at Saturday.
In front of gate, Old office building is existing.
This building is Gothic building, beautiful.

Interior woods are broken, so current repairing this building.

6 cherry trees are in the center garden.
Center one is weeping cherry tree from Maruyam park.
South west one is called Katamori cherry tree, because it is planted at the ruin place of Mr.Katamori's Kyoto government office at end of Edo period.
April you can see a wonderful cherry blossoms.

Next is lunch, from government 50m distance, Machiya Maruko restaurant is good one.
This restaurant has Washoku and Sake.

Lunch has some Sets, from 850 to 1150 yen.
This restaurant is a modified old house, digging floor and Tatami room, total 5 rooms.
I select Conger Tenpura set.
It is elegant taste.

Sake kinds are lots and reasonable charge.
This restaurant is popular at Kyoto.


Next visit is Go-Ou shrine, near Gosho.

This shrine has Kiyomaru Waki God.
Wild boar guide Kiyomaru Waki going to Kyushuu, and cure his leg and waist.
Wild boar is a guardian deity of this shrine.
Wild boars are sitting instead of Lion-dog.
People say that praying this shrine makes people's legs and loins cured.

In front of this shrine, Gosho is existing.
Through Hamaguri-Gmon gate, big field is spread.

Gravels are coverd, Gosho walls are reprinted, it's beautiful.

Gosho area has many trees, that are planted at ruins of government offices and houses after capital is changed to Tokyo.
Current trees are grown to bigger, that are forest.

Walk around Gosho to south west end, there is Old house of Jyo Niijima, who is a builder of Doshisha University.
Entering this house needs reservation to Doshisha office.

Then go to Marutamachi station of subway.
Total trip needs about 4 hours.

That's it.