Choseikan Kobaiso

A Plum-Blossom Pavilion of 1933

The Choseikan Kobaiso (潮生館香梅荘) is a detached reception pavilion of 1933 in Shida, Fujieda City, Shizuoka Prefecture, and was registered as a Registered Tangible Cultural Property (structure) on November 8, 2004 (Agency for Cultural Affairs).

The Agency records a single-storey timber building with a tiled roof and a building area of 73 square metres; registration number 22-0094.

A Pavilion by the Pond

The Choseikan Kobaiso is a single-storey reception pavilion beside a pond, northwest of the main building of the Choseikan (Agency for Cultural Affairs).

Its main block is single-storey, hip-and-gable and roofed in pantiles, with an entrance to the northeast and a small reception room to the northwest (Agency for Cultural Affairs). The main block holds an 8-mat main room with alcove and shelves and a 6-mat anteroom; the small room is 6 mats with alcove and shelves; the entrance has a 3-mat waiting room.

Why It Was Registered

The Choseikan Kobaiso was registered as a model of form. True to its name, which means fragrant plum, it carries a plum-blossom theme inside and out.

What to Look For

Inside and out, the walls are finished in pale pink plaster and decorated with plum-blossom motifs (Agency for Cultural Affairs). At the Choseikan Kobaiso, notice how the pink walls and plum patterns play against the view of the pond.

Visiting

The Choseikan Kobaiso is at 600-2 Shida, Fujieda City (Agency for Cultural Affairs). The Agency's database does not list the owner, and no official information on visiting or use was found.