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[LUX NIGHT Kumamoto 2024: Hosokawa Gracia and 400 Years of Time]
This admission ticket allows you to have a special experience of the Hosokawa clan's unique samurai culture (Higo Hosokawa culture) at Suizenji Jojuen Garden, a nationally designated scenic spot and historic site created by the Hosokawa clan of Higo Domain.
Suizenji Jojuen Garden, which normally closes at 5pm, will be open at night for a limited time, allowing you to experience the 400-year-old Higo Hosokawa culture as you wander through the gardens, filled with autumn leaves and flowers in full bloom.
The garden is decorated with bamboo objects, depicting various scenes from the life of Gracia Hosokawa. You can enjoy entertainment including controlled illuminations, while the story is explained through an audio app available in four languages.
[Experience]
This special night-time event will be held for one month only at Maeda Jojuen Garden, a tourist attraction that Kumamoto is proud of. With this ticket, you will be able to experience Higo Zogan, a traditional Kumamoto craft that is said to have originated about 400 years ago when a gunsmith who served the feudal lord applied inlay to the barrels of guns and the tsuba (hand guards) of swords.
*The experience location will be Yusuitei, near Suizenji Jojuen Garden.
[Higo inlay]
Inlay is a craft in which pure gold or silver is hammered into an iron base to create various patterns and designs. It developed during the samurai era as a way to decorate the tsuba (guards) of guns and swords, smoking pipes, and other items.
It is characterized by a refined and modest beauty that is subdued and not flashy, which is the spirit of samurai culture, and is a fashion that is full of the aesthetic sense of the samurai. In order to express elegance, skill is put into the weight and beauty of the base metal. Compared to the glittering ivory ware of Kyoto and Europe that makes extensive use of gold and silver, Higo ivory ware has a subdued finish that makes use of the black base.
Even today, accessories and other items are made using these traditional metalworking techniques.