Play with arts, castles and flowers around Kakegawa.
Kakegawa city is also adjacent to "Shizuoka Stadium ECOPA", with
a row of various unique sightseeing spots. "Shiseido Art House Company Museum"
displays nostalgic and precious old cosmetics posters and packages, as well as
the contemporary arts. "Kakegawa Castle" has been rebuilt recently as
the new symbol of Kakegawa city, and you can look over the city from the hill
of the castle, as if you were an owner of the castle in the old times. "Kamo
Japanese Iris Garden" is in the best season of Japanese iris flowers, and
the garden is covered with violet flowers. There are various unique sightseeing
spots in Kakegawa city, where you may have another memory of "Shizuoka Stadium
ECOPA".
Displaying advertisement posters and films, and products of Shiseido, a cosmetic
manufacturer. They are important materials to know the history of trend of fashion
and design, as well as the living culture. There are several pictures and sculptures
in the house.
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Asahina-Yasuteru, a secretary of Imagawa-Yoshitada, built this castle to protect
Enshu area. Then this castle was governed by Tokugawa-Ieyasu, and said to be one
of the most beautiful castles in Tokai area. Although many buildings including
the main building were destroyed by an earthquake in 1854, the residence and drum
house were remained undestroyed. In particular, the residence is important to
show the structure at that time (important cultural asset of Japan). The main
building was rebuilt in real wooden structure, and expresses the beauty of the
old times.
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Kamo-no-sho
is a house of old village headman in the 16th Century. The garden (1 hectare)
in front of the gate surrounded by white walls and warehouses, is filled with
1,500 types, 10,000 Japanese iris flowers in June, and many tourists visit here.
The flowers were originated more than 100 years ago, and the owner developed them
for 1,500 types by continuous collection, improvement and multiplication, so each
type has its original beauty and taste. There are also hundreds types of begonia
and fuchsia flowers.
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