高田を代表する料亭が宇喜世。
Ukiyo is a restaurant that represents Takada.
See Myoko-no Ma Room (Mt. Myoko-san Room) on the 4th floor. The bamboo that suddenly crosses the ceiling diagonally indicates the direction of Mt. Myoko-san.
浄興寺の参道にあり、参道を逆方向に進めば、浄興寺の山号であり、浄土に往生することを喜ぶ「歓喜」橋。その橋の写しが、宇喜世の玄関につくられ、宇喜世を、聖なる浄興寺のあの世に対して、この世（ウキヨ）で向かい合う特別な場所に仕立てます。
木造四階建で、栄えるほどに増築を重ねて行く料亭建築の見本のような、見応えある建物。コロナウイルス流行前は、大きな客室のある１、２階の営業でしたが、宴会需要が消え、個人客を取り込むために、久しく閉じていた３、４階の客室を修復し、再開しました。２階大広間は、格天井の153畳の座敷を柱なしで実現した見事な中心。上座から奥の人が見えるように、部屋の床は、奥に向かって上がり勾配が付いています。大架構故、日本有数の豪雪地の雪の重みもはっきり現れ、一筋に伸びた障子のまぐさ（上枠）は、大きく湾曲しています。
一方、他の客室は、花鳥風月に因む趣向を凝らした酔狂なつくり。まず、すべての客室への通り道となる階段ホールからして、水車の軸を転用した手摺子に、中桟は水車の羽という楽しさで、そこに水車の部材でつくった「水車の間」が続きます。４階の最奥の客室、「妙高の間」に上がれば、街並から突き出し、四周に取り付いた回廊の窓から見えるのは、屋根の重なりと妙高山で、天井を唐突に斜めに横切る竹は、その妙高山の方向を示したもの。雪に覆われた冬は、おそらく白一色の世界を見晴らし、雲の上のような浄土感覚から、宇喜世の最奥で、再び浄興寺へつながるのではないでしょうか。
宇喜世は、歴史ある料亭のネットワーク、百年料亭の旗振り役。支援を文部科学省に相談に行ったところ、一企業では難しいが、まとまればできることがあるのではないか、と示唆されたことが始まり。文部科学省もたまには酔狂。
Ukiyo is on the street approaching to Jokoji Temple. When proceeding the street to the opposite direction, you will find a bridge named Kanki-bashi bridge. Kanki is the honorific mountain name prefixed to the Joko-ji temple's name and means to celebrate rebirth in the Pure Land. A copy of that bridge will be built at the entrance of Ukiyo, making Ukiyo a special place in this world (Ukiyo), facing the other world of the sacred Joko-ji Temple.
It is a four-story wooden building and a splendid example of Japanese-style restaurant architecture that has been expanded as it prospered. Before the coronavirus epidemic, the restaurant was open on the 1st and 2nd floors with large guest rooms. Due to the disappearance of banquet demand, it restored and reopened the 3rd and 4th-floor rooms, which had been closed for a long time, to attract individual customers. The main large hall on the 2nd-floor is a splendid centerpiece of a 153 tatami room with a coffered ceiling and no pillars. The floor slopes upward so that attendees in the back can be seen from the main guest seat. Due to the large structure, the weight of the snow in one of Japan's heaviest snowfall areas is visible, and the lintels of the shoji were greatly curved.
On the other hand, the other guest rooms are eccentric with elaborate designs associated with the beauty of natures. In the staircase hall that serves as a passage to all the guest rooms, the balustrade uses the shaft of a water wheel, and the center pier is the wings of a water wheel. The next room is Suisya-no Ma Room (Water Wheel Room), which utilized water wheel parts in various parts of the room. The 4th floor's innermost guest room is Myoko-no Ma Room (Mt. Myoko-san Room), which floats on the downtown. The roofs of buildings and Mt. Myoko-san are seen from the corridors surrounding four sides of the room. The bamboo that suddenly crosses the ceiling diagonally indicates the direction of Mt. Myoko-san. In the snow-covered winter, the world of all white may appear and remind the pure land above the clouds. At the deepest part of Ukiyo, it may lead to Joko-ji Temple again.
Ukiyo is the leader of the network of historic Japanese restaurants, Hyakunen Ryotei (one hudred years' restaurants). When Ukiyo consulted with the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science, and Technology about support, a government official suggested that, although it would be difficult for a single restaurant to do so, it might be possible if a lot of restaurants worked together. The Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science, and Technology is sometimes eccentric.
外観 / Exterior Apperance
See the exterior apperance of Ukiyo.
The east gate facing Gangi Street in Nakamachi-dori Street put up a daruma signboard. Daruma is the symbol of ups and downs in the life. It means that even if there are bad things in the world, good sake and food will make you feel better, and you will do your best tomorrow.
玄関 / Entrance
See the copy of Kanki-bashi bridge at the entrance. It is the traditional technique of Japanese architecture that copies of the part of the famous architecture are applied on the building.
大広間 / Main Large Hall
See the main large hall on the 2nd-floor. The floor slopes upward so that attendees in the back can be seen from the main guest seat. The floor can be turned over to become a tatami mat. The floor is changed depending on a chair-style event or a sitting-style event.
Due to the weight of the snow, the lintels of the shoji were greatly curved.
階段ホール / Staircase Hall
In the staircase hall, the balustrade uses the shaft of a water wheel, and the center pier is the wings of a water wheel.
水車の間 / Suisya-no Ma Room (Water Wheel Room)
See Suisya-no Ma Room (Water Wheel Room), which utilized water wheel parts in various parts of the room. The elliptical lighting frame on the ceiling is also a combination of water wheel blades.
月の間 / Tsuki-no Ma (Moon Room)
See Tsuki-no Ma (Moon Room). The moon is carved behind the small wall.
春の間 / Haru-no Ma (Spring Room)
See Haru-no Ma (Spring Room). During the restoration, it was painted in a bright iron oxide red.
桜の間 / Sakura-no Ma (Cherry Blossom Room)
See the cabinet of Sakura-no Ma (Cherry Blossom Room).
萩の間 / Hagi-no Ma (Bush CLover Room)
See the front room of Hagi-no Ma (Bush CLover Room). It is a place where various techniques and materials meet, such as a window sill with wickerwork, a bamboo screen floor, a watering place with old tiles, and a cloth wainscoting.
妙高の間 / Myoko-no Ma Room (Mt. Myoko-san Room)
See the floor in the front room of Myoko-no Ma Room (Mt. Myoko-san Room) . Water wheel parts and precious wood are embedded.
のどぐろの御膳 / Set meal of blackthroat seaperch
A set meal of blackthroat seaperch, a fish representative of winter in the Hokuriku region.
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参考文献 / reference
”宇喜世今昔物語"(宇喜世)
宇喜世
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