Bamboo, Logs and a Modern Ceiling Grid
The Suisui Hundred-Year Garden Inn (Former Ryokan Tagawa Annex) Genkai (百年庭園の宿翠水（旧旅館田川離れ）玄海) is a modern sukiya annex in the rustic hermitage manner of 1962 in Furusenbamachi, Kokurakita Ward, Kitakyushu City, Fukuoka Prefecture, and was registered as a Registered Tangible Cultural Property (structure) on February 17, 2022 (Agency for Cultural Affairs).
The Agency records a single-storey timber building with a copper roof and a building area of 92 square metres, altered in 1982; registration number 40-0198.
Bamboo and Natural Logs
Genkai is the westernmost of the three annex buildings of a high-class inn facing the pond garden; it is a single-storey timber building with a hip-and-gable roof, partly gabled, in copper sheet (Agency for Cultural Affairs).
It makes much use of bamboo and natural logs, aiming at the classic, austere hermitage style, while features such as ceiling battens laid out like a broad coffered grid mark it as a bold modern sukiya building (Agency for Cultural Affairs). Kitakyushu City says the annex rooms of Ryokan Tagawa, the city's leading high-class inn, received many distinguished guests and served as the city's place for receiving visitors.
Why It Was Registered
The Agency registered the annex as a model of design.
What to Look For
Look for the hermitage-like use of bamboo and logs and the ceiling battens laid out like a broad coffered grid (Agency for Cultural Affairs).
Visiting
It is owned by MyStays Hotel Management Co., Ltd. (Agency for Cultural Affairs). No official visiting information was found. Genkai, Kiku, Sugao and the corridor are introduced together on the Suisui (former Ryokan Tagawa annex) page.
Q&A
- When was Genkai built?
- In 1962, with alterations in 1982 (Agency for Cultural Affairs).
- Where does it stand?
- Westernmost of the three annex buildings.
- What materials are used?
- Much bamboo and natural logs.
- What is modern about it?
- Ceiling battens laid out like a broad coffered grid.
- When was the Suisui Hundred-Year Garden Inn (Former Ryokan Tagawa Annex) Genkai registered?
- On February 17, 2022 (Agency for Cultural Affairs).
Basic Information
| Name | Suisui Hundred-Year Garden Inn (Former Ryokan Tagawa Annex) Genkai (百年庭園の宿翠水（旧旅館田川離れ）玄海) |
|---|---|
| Location | 9-1 Furusenbamachi, Kokurakita Ward, Kitakyushu City, Fukuoka Prefecture, and other lots |
| Designation | Registered Tangible Cultural Property (Structure) |
| Year Designated | Registered 2022/02/17 (Reiwa 4) |
| Quantity | 1 building |
| Dimensions | Single-storey timber, copper roof, 92 m² |
| Owner | MyStays Hotel Management Co., Ltd. |
| Public Access | No official visiting information |
References
- Suisui Hundred-Year Garden Inn (Former Ryokan Tagawa Annex) Genkai (Database of National Cultural Properties, Agency for Cultural Affairs)
- https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/101/00014215
- Suisui Genkai (Kitakyushu City, Japanese)
- https://www.city.kitakyushu.lg.jp/contents/26501486.html
Last verified: 2026.10.23
