水みず茶ぢゃ屋や

noun

Edo-period roadside teahouse for relaxation

Historical term for a type of teahouse in the Edo period where customers could rest and enjoy tea, distinct from 色茶屋 (teahouses offering sexual services) and 料理茶屋 (restaurant-style teahouses).

See also: 色茶屋 · 料理茶屋

• 江え戸ど時じ代だい、旅たび人びとは街かい道どう沿ぞいの水みず茶ぢゃ屋やで一いっ服ぷくした。

  In the Edo period, travelers rested at roadside water teahouses.

• 水みず茶ぢゃ屋やは色いろ茶ぢゃ屋やや料りょう理り茶ぢゃ屋やとは異ことなり、純じゅん粋すいに休きゅう息そくの場ばだった。

  Unlike brothel teahouses or restaurant teahouses, water teahouses were purely places for relaxation.