点评:This place is fascinating! I highly recommend going, the only thing to note is that you need to be able to read at a reasonable rate to keep up with the tour if you don't speak Japanese. As others have said it is only given in Japanese and speakers of other languages will be given a printed folder (be patient, we were initially only given a small leaflet and then after they had got everyone in they brought around bigger folders with full information), which has a lot of information with it. At no point did I feel that I was missing out, the building is very interesting and the tour points out so many interesting hidey-holes and rooms and doors. It really is worth it. We booked by showing up at around 10am on the day and speaking to someone (in English) to reserve a spot on a tour 20 minutes later, but you can call in advance if you are visiting on a peak day. The staff were very helpful and friendly, and it's a lovely location near Nishi Chaya that is nice for exploring before or afterwards.
翻译:这个地方太棒了!我强烈推荐大家去参观。唯一需要注意的是:如果你不会说日语,就必须具备一定的阅读速度才能跟上导游的讲解。正如其他人所说,讲解仅以日语进行;讲其他语言的人则会收到一份印刷好的资料册(请耐心等待,我们一开始只拿到了一张小册子,等所有游客都到齐后,工作人员才分发带有完整信息的较大版资料册)。这份资料册里包含了大量有用信息。我始终没有觉得错过了什么精彩内容——这座建筑非常有趣,导游还带我们参观了众多有意思的隐蔽角落、房间和门。真的非常值得一逛。我们是在当天上午10点左右直接前往,用英语与工作人员沟通后便预定了20分钟后的导览服务;不过如果在旺季前往,建议提前打电话预约。工作人员既热心又友善。这是一个位于西茶屋街附近的绝佳地点,事先或事后来此游览都很不错。