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先日は亀清の古いパンフを紹介しました。今日はさらに古い紹介を紹介します。有限会社亀清旅館は57年前に１００ｍぐらい離れている所で設立しました。現在の場所は元々「長生荘」と言う旅館でしたので亀清旅館は途中で買い取って、移ったそうです。そのころは旅館の裏が田んぼだったようです。温泉街の端っこだったらしいです。今は完全に町の中になっています。
元々の建物に増築・増築、離れ風の部屋が出来、今のお風呂のある建物（亀清の唯一の鉄筋コンクリートの建物）、そしてこのの亡くなったお父さんが約40年前に写真の建物の手前に現在のロビーを設計して造りました。木造の高さをずいぶん取ったロビーです。亀清の自慢の顔です。当時は周りの皆が逆に木造の建物を壊して、何階建てのコンクリートの箱を作っていたようです。「その高さを取るなら、2階に分けて上に客室を作ればよい」と言われたようです。今になってみれば、この木野ぬくもりのある快適なロビーが宝物です。
時代が変わる、亀清旅館も変わる。昔ながらの良さを守りながら、改善して行って変わる。

A couple days ago, I put up some pictures of Kamesei's old pamphlets. Here are some even older pictures of Kamesei's predecessor, Choseiso. Kamesei was started as a company 57 years ago by our current "Okami" (my mother-in-law) and her mother. Kamesei originally started out at another location approximately 100 meters up the road. Then at some point, Kamesei bought the former Choseiso Ryokan and moved its operation here, the current location. The original building has been added on to and added on to, with the semi-detached rooms built as well as the building that houses the onsen baths (our only ferroconcrete building). Then about 40 years ago, my wife's father (who has since passed away), designed and had the lobby built. He had it build out of wood, with a cathedral ceiling-like grand space inside. Back then, most of the other inns in town were tearing down their wooden buildings and multi-story constructing concrete boxes. Looking back now, we are grateful Mari's dad built this spacious lobby with its warm wood construction.
As times change, so does Kamesei Ryokan. We try to preserve the goodness of its yesteryear charms while making improvements along the way.

信州戸倉上山田温泉の亀清旅館のHPはこちら
Click here for the website of Kamesei Ryokan in Nagano.