Nice digs

A house on the edge of Takaragaike Park. Across the street from this house is the Kodomo no rakuen (Children’s Paradise Park) part of Takaragaike Park, which is quite large for Japan. The interesting thing about the kids park is that there are signs at the entrance that say, “No adults allowed unless accompanied by children.” The white building detached from the house is called a kura, a storeroom or vault. Fires used to ravage entire blocks, so the thick-walled non-flammable kura served as a kind of saef deposit box. Some still are used, and others that still exist have been turned into shops.