Rinkaku

This teahouse is located within Tsuruga Castle Park, where there is a castle once said to be impregnable. You can enjoy a cup of tea while looking at the garden, which changes in appearance with the different seasons. The teahouse, which was moved and restored to its original location inside Tsuruga Castle in 1990, is the hermitage where Ujisato Gamo, the lord of the Aizu domain, allowed Shoan, adopted son of Sen no Rikyu, to stay in order to promote the tea ceremony. The Soan-style teahouse is unusual in eastern Japan in that its framed motto is dedicated to the founder of the three main schools of the tea ceremony. You can also enjoy powdered green tea and mountain yam buns while remembering Shoan.