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Nishiyama-so
西山荘Ibaraki · Kanto
The thatched retirement house of Tokugawa Mitsukuni, the historical figure behind the Mito Komon stories, kept deliberately plain and set at the end of a wooded valley path. He compiled the great history of Japan here after standing down as lord.
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