Located in the vicinity of Inabacho's 1 Chome intersection, the Old Merchant House of the Maruichi Honma Family looks like when it was first built in 1902. It started as a kimono fabric warehouse in 1875, and business expanded into the herring fishing industry, the shipping industry, and sake brewing. It became known as the wealthiest merchant house in the region, Teshio-no-kuni. When the Kimono store on the left of the entrance was lost to fire, they refurbished the building with sturdy, fire-resistant wooden-framed stone construction. Visitors can take in the architectural style of the period and view the restored interior, including its valuable furniture. In 2003, the property was certified as a nationally designated Important Cultural Property.
A flume extends approximately eight kilometers from this Sekiyoshi gate upstream on the Abeki River to Suzumegamiya. The flume was built by Shimazu Nariakira (lord of Satsuma Domain) to provide water for a water wheel which powered the Shuseikan blast furnace and a device for drilling gun holes. The gate was registered a World Heritage Site in 2015.
This Old Bell Clock Tower in the Isezaki Domain lord’s residence is the oldest reinforced concrete structure in Gunma. Completed in 1916 during the Taisho period thanks to the donation of Keisuke Kobayashi who runs a chemist in Yokohama. It told the time to the town until 1937 when the metal in the clock and bell was used for the war efforts. The clock was restored after the war to its Taisho period state for the municipal government’s 50th anniversary. You can get a great feeling for the romanticism of the Taisho period with the red brick walls, renaissance windows and domed roof.
Located a 20 minute walk north of JR Kiryu Station. Soga Sukematsu built his fortune in the Meiji period, moving from working as a live-in apprentice for a raw silk thread dealer to becoming a tycoon in the silk thread market, and one of the things he purchased with this fortune was the land here. In 1922, he had this mill built to celebrate the wedding of his son, Kiichiro. Built with Oya tuff stone and consisting of five conjoined buildings with a saw-tooth roof, the mill produced silk goods up until 1970. Today it is preserved as a National Tangible Cultural Property; only the exterior is available for viewing by visitors. The structure still retains the atmosphere of a bygone era from the city of Kiryu’s past.
A 15 minute walk from JR Kiryu Station. The area where this building is located was selected as an Important Preservation Districts for Groups of Traditional Buildings in 2012. This historic former residence and shop stands on the east side of the central road passing through. The first owner of the shop, Hirata Uhachi, set up his own general store in 1851; thereafter, the store carried dyes and raw silk thread, but the difficulties of acquiring stock during the war forced it to close. The structure is a rare example of Meiji-period townhouse architecture and the primary building and adjoining storehouse were registered as Tangible Cultural Properties in 2006.
A cultural property located in Iida City, Nagano Prefecture. This former school building, completed in 1949, was built by hand using straw, bamboo, rope, and other materials donated by local villagers. In 1985, the school was closed and its student population was merged with Asahigaoka Junior High School. Today, the building is used as a gathering space and as a tourism resource. Visitors may view the exterior of the school freely.
A building designated a National Cultural Property located in Kasumigaoka-cho Minami, Owariasahi City. A traditional Japanese home with a steep thatched roof originally built in what is now Hida City, Gifu Prefecture in 1723, the home was moved here in 1942 by ceramics trader Takegoro Asai. Today, the structure is used as an educational and cultural facility by the city of Owariasahi.
A historical building located in Kitahonmachi 4-Chome, Mikun-cho, Sakai City. The house is located in the Mikuni Minato port area which flourished in the Edo and early Meiji periods due to the Kitamaebune shipping routes which ran across the Sea of Japan. It was the former residence of the Kishina family who worked for generations as lumber dealers and used the house to distribute goods brought down to the port town along the Kazuryu River. The house is registered as a Tangible Cultural Property of Japan. The house is open to the public and various materials are on display within the building.
A historical building in Mizuochi-cho 4-Chome, Sabae City. The Uryu residence served as housing for numerous generations of chief priest of the adjacent Shinmeisha Shrine and was constructed during the Genroku period in the late 17th and early 18th centuries. It is the oldest private house in the prefecture and has been designated as an Important Cultural Property of Japan.
An old townhome standing along Honmachi-dori Street west of Nonoichi-Kodaimae Station. The Kita family was once an Echizen samurai family who went by the name of Takasaki; in the mid-Edo period, they moved to Kaga and began producing and selling lamp oil. The original residence was lost in a large fire which occurred in 1891. The current structure was once the main residence of a soy sauce making family located in Zaimoku-cho, Kanazawa City which was purchased and moved here. The structure is notable as a quintessential example of Kaga townhome architecture, such as its thin vertical lattices, doen veranda designed to prevent the area's heavy snows from getting inside the house, and the pattern the ashes of the irori sunken hearth have been shaped into. Because it is one of the oldest extant townhomes in Ishikawa Prefecture, and because of its excellent state of preservation, the structure has been designated a National Important Cultural Property.
"An old thatch roof estate located 20 kilometers east of downtown Wajima City along National Route 249. After the Genpei war, a portion of the defeated Taira clan ended up in Noto and became the Tokikuni family before splitting into two branches. Because this is the residence of a branch family, it is also known as the ""Shimo-Tokikunike"" or ""Lower Tokikuni Residence."" A wooden, hiraya-style single-story residence, the magnificent central pillar and huge beams visible in the large, 132 square meter doma earthen floored room are truly a sight to behold. The residence as well as its adjoining 6,620 square meter Japanese strolling garden have collectively been designated an Important Cultural Property. The garden's Kirishima azalea come into bloom in early May; the Noto Antoku Tenno-sha shrine is also a sacred ""power spot""."
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A historic building located in 2 Chome, Yokoyama, Iwakuni City. Built in 1693, it was the nagaya-mon gate of the Kagawa clan, one of the five chief retainers of the Iwakuni Domain. It was built by Oya Kazaemon, a carpenter who served as the head of construction for the city's Kintai Bridge. It was designated as a prefectural Cultural Property because of its value as an extant Genroku period samurai residence.
