Kamesei's new Smoking Deck
亀清旅館の中庭の過度にこの木造のデッキを作りました。そしてロビーに会った灰皿をこのデッキに移しました。これからはタバコを吸うお客様がロビーまで来なくて、中心にある渡り廊下から出てこのデッキで吸えます。中庭を眺めながら、気持ち良く（？）タバコを吸える。なおかつ、中庭のちょっとごちゃごちゃしていた角はこれですっきりになりました。改善！改善！
In a corner of Kamesei Ryokan's naka-niwa central garden, I built this little wood deck. And I moved the ash tray from the lobby out to this deck. So now, our guests who wish to smoke outside of their rooms don't have to come out all the way to the lobby -- they can go to this deck just off the watari-roka corridor in the middle of our inn. And, while smoking away, they can enjoy the natural setting of our naka-niwa garden and koi pond. Plus, a underutilized corner of our garden now has this cool deck! Just another in a long line of improvements we've been making here at Kamesei Ryokan.
'Before' Pic (Getting some help by 2 local middle school kids on their workplace experience project
So pretty it almost makes you want to take up smoking
