Bansuisou 晩翠荘

　　There's a historic building named "Bansuiso" in my hometown. It was lavishly built in 1922 and had been owned by the descendant of the local lord, and it was donated to the city later. Now, we can see the early 20th century style of European architecture inside Bansuiso. I voluntarily cleaned up around there as I wrote in the previous entry. The group who worked here, raking fallen leaves, and my group who pulled weeds out in another place, got together in the picture and were listening to a word of thanks from the manager of the building. Then, we were exempt from paying the entrance fee and entered the building for sightseeing.

(Vocabulary)
lavishly  豪華に, 贅沢(ぜいたく)に; 気前よく, 惜しみなく
descendant  末裔(まつえい), 子孫
a direct descendant of somebody  ＜人＞の直系の子孫
local lord  藩主
fallen leaves 落ち葉
a word of thanks  お礼の言葉
exempt (人)を免除する
exempt sb from (doing) sth

Comments

[KUMO]

Thank you for your comment, Sarah!

I've never been to Kimura Tei, though it's not far from my house. I'm going to drop in at anytyme soon.

[sarahf]

There is another, beautiful old house in Mittsu called Kimura Tei. Do you know it?
The webpage is http://www.kimuratei.com
Please check it out, I hope you like it!