This tea house was originally located in Hideyoshi Toyotomi’s Fushimi-Momoyama Castle, and was moved to a scenic spot jutting out into Matsushima Bay, where it was used by successive lords of the domain for enjoying the cool of the evening and the viewing of the moon.
Date Masamune received the tea room from Toyotomi Hideyoshi’s Fushimi-Momoyama Castle and moved it to the domain residence in Edo. It is said to have been transported to Matsushima by Date Tadamune, the second lord of the domain.
It consists of two 18-tatami-mat rooms in the kokera-roofed kyoma (Kyoto-style room), and the 21 magnificent, extremely colorful sliding door paintings from the Edo period inside are designated as National Important Cultural Properties.
Until the end of the Edo period, there were about 11 buildings on the Date family estate, including rooms, kitchens, and stables for the samurai accompanying the feudal lord, etc. Kanrantei was used as a “okariya,” a temporary lodging and reception facility for the feudal lord’s princesses, lady attendants, etc., when they toured Matsushima and were visited by the shogunate’s envoys.
8:30-17:00
November through March: 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
No holidays
Adults 200 yen
High school and university students: 150 yen
Elementary/junior high school students: 100 yen
7 minutes on foot from Matsushima-kaigan Station on the Senseki Line
15 minutes drive from Matsushima-kaigan IC of Sanriku Expressway