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Visit the places connected to "Neesima Yae"

     Last week, we visited some places connected with Neesima Yae by bicycle.  Do you know her? Her story has been turned into TV dramas in Japan now.      Yae was a Japanese woman of the late Edo period  who lived into the 20th century. She herself was skilled in gunnery, and took part in the defense of Aizu during the Boshin War . After the war, Yae came to Kyoto to care for her brother Yamamoto Kakuma , who had been a prisoner of war in Satsuma custody. She remained in Kyoto, and became a Christian in the 1870s. Soon after, she married Rev. Joseph Hardy Neesima and, together with Neesima and Kakuma, played an integral role in the founding of Doshisha University . Yae was also a tea master of the Urasenke  tradition, with the art-name  of Neesima Sōchiku.   She also served as a nurse  during the Russo-Japanese War  and Sino-Japanese War .   First, we visited Doshisha University. It is about 15 minutes’ bicycle ride from NISHIYAMA RYOKAN.     Next,

LOBBY EVENT Feb 21th 2013 in the evening

Thank you for your participation in our lobby event yesterday. We plan to take this event , too. *Date  : February  27th *Time : 19:00 ~ 20:00 *Place : NISHIYAMA RYOKAN lobby *Contents : Calligraphy and Origami *Charge : FREE We hope you can make it :D Thank you. NISHIYAMA RYOAKN

our great guests 2013

thank you for staying our ryokan. and thank you for photos nishiyama ryokan

KOTO CONCERT 2013

We are going to have KOTO concert at our Lobby on Friday from 19:00 (not every Friday). The KOTO is a traditional Japanese stringed musical instrument derived from chinese zithers. It makes very beautiful and elegant sounds. The charge is free and everyone can come and join this concert. We are going to have this concert on March 23rd, 29th, April 5th and 12th. We hope a lot of people can make it and enjoy Japanese traditional music with us. We look forward to your participation.