Though a little late, let us update about Shiro on the 9th day of the renovation (February 5th 2014).

Practically the first floor was stripped clean including the walls.

Now we see a clay wall that was hidden behind the walls.

Remember that handsome vault? We had to take it away sadly.

 

They had a lot of trouble moving this heavy object. They ended up using a cart.

So we got our hands dirty in a forbidden storage and encountered some great founds, including this:

 

Can you guess what this it?

It’s so-called ‘air-raid hood’ if to translate directly from Japanese.

Like the name suggests, people used to protect their heads with this thin piece of cloth during the war. We found a helmet as well.

And we found this unknown object made out of white ceramic tiles.

We wonder what it is…Was this used during the war as well? 

We also found old magazines from hundred years back that were published in Meiji, Taisho, and Showa period, some ceramics, a door knob.

There were some work-related things that may had been used by the prior owners.

We will introduce some other treasures we have found on some other occasion.

The corridor with three bathrooms and water sinks was stripped like this as well.

It’s almost like a different space comparing to the picture taken below before the renovation.

 

Of course the second floor.

I couldn’t believe my eyes how it changed so much.

We will catch up on that later.