About Furinkazan-kan

Furinkazan-kan has been closed and not open to public now.
It is only used for film- or TV-drama shooting. (Please contact us if you are interested.)

Fuurinkazan-kan, or Fuurinkazan Architectural Pavilion is an exhibition pavilion, architectural reproduction of the 16th-century fortified courtyard; the time is called Sengoku-Jidai or "the Country at War." It is the civil-war period roughly between 1477 and 1600 in Japan.

Hokuto City is believed to be a homeland of the forefathers of the Kai-Genji clan whose successors includes TAKEDA Shingen, one of the powerful warlords in the Sengoku Jidai who fought TOKUGAWA Ieyasu, the famous shogun who successfully unified the local warlords around the country and initiated a long peace of the Edo period (1603-1867) prior to the westernized government of the Meiji Japan. Considering this historical background, Hokuto City decided to found the Fuurinkazan Architectural Pavilion in order to attract and entertain tourists who visit Hokuto City as well as stir up local industries and commercial retailers. The area surrouding the Pavilion presents many tourist attractions including Kiyosato, one of the most famous tourist zones in Japan, and the Yatsugatake ridge, the popular mountains among trekkers and climbers. In addition, Mt.Fuji is close to Hokuto City, within one hour’s drive from the city.

The Fuurinkazan Architectural Pavilion has the space as wide as 19,000㎡ in which buildings occupy about 772㎡. It displays a medieval fortified courtyard where are located at least 7 major pieces of architectural mock-ups including the Takeda Shingen’s main edifice, guard stations, stables, watchtowers, and wooden gates. The courtyard is also surrounded by moats.


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The pavilion was designed by a leading art director SHIGETA Shigemori who has worked for nearly 90 movies. He received the Japanese Academy Prize in the Most Outstanding Achievement in the Art Direction in 1990 as well as nominated twice. The Toei Company, Ltd., a leading Japanese film-maker, constructed a complex of full-size buildings in the pavilion based on the historical investigations, so that the pavilion can be used as a location for film-shooting and TV drama making. The pavilion has been acturally used as a set for NHK Histrical Drama "Fuurinkazan," which will start in the spring of 2007.

Fuu-rin-ka-zan is the very famous phrase which implies Shingen’s strategic motto. It is shown on the war banner of Takeda’s army. It is literally translated "wind, woods, fire, and mountain" taken from the ancient Chinese war book, meaning "Swift as the Wind, Silent as a Forest, Fierce as Fire and Immovable as a Mountain" (an excerp from " Takeda Shingen" in Wikipedia) .

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