Registered Tangible Cultural Properties of Akita

Built in 1883, the oldest of five registered storehouses at a Yuzawa miso and soy sauce brewery: a document store whose brick-faced lower walls add a Western touch.

Built in 1916 at the south end of the storehouse row at Ishimago Honten in Yuzawa, it is the only Taisho-era building of the five and the last in the series.

Built in 1897, the oldest of four brewing storehouses on the road at Ishimago Honten in Yuzawa: the pressing house, with a Japanese roof frame unlike No. 2.

The northernmost brewing storehouse at Ishimago Honten in Yuzawa, built in 1910 with a Western truss. After the No. 1 fell in 2011, it became the soy sauce house.

Built in 1900 at Ishimago Honten in Yuzawa, this brewing storehouse is split into three sections, one a stone-walled koji room, under a Japanese roof frame.

Hidden in a timber saya behind a Yokote farmhouse, the Kishi Family Residence Inner Storehouse has a four-step plastered earthen door and lacquered trim.

The Kishi Family Residence Main House in Yokote is a large late-Meiji farmhouse with a hipped thatch roof under steel, triple-stacked eave beams and high windows.

Angled off a Yokote farmhouse, the Kishi Family Residence Outer Storehouse is a late-Meiji earthen farm store in a board saya, with a bold stacked-beam roof frame.

A 1953 timber gym in Yurihonjo, Akita, registered in 2012. White posts climb its gray east gable, a ridge tablet names its builders, and it is now a toy playground.

A 1953 wooden classroom wing in Yurihonjo, Akita, registered in 2012. Its 62.78 m corridor runs from library to music room and now leads to wooden toy play rooms.

A 1953 wooden school office wing in Yurihonjo, Akita, registered in 2012. It held the principal's office and a guest entrance, and is now a free zone with a café.

A 1954 wooden classroom wing in Yurihonjo, Akita, registered in 2012. Last of the four to be built, it keeps a tatami etiquette room and two old classrooms.

This 1969 model farmhouse in Ogata Village, Akita, was built for prospective settlers of the Hachirogata reclaimed land; its big triangular roof marks the landscape.

The gate and wall of the Katano estate in Yokote's old samurai quarter: a carved Meiji yakuimon and a 126 m wall of black boards and white plaster. Registered 2024.

A mid-Meiji house in Yokote's old samurai quarter, set round a courtyard, with a karahafu entrance, timber reception rooms and a Western parlor. Registered in 2024.

An earthen storehouse of about 1905 that held the Katano family papers in Yokote, Akita, with thick white plaster walls, a raised plaster band and a separate roof.

An 1889 storehouse for making miso on the Katano estate in Yokote, Akita, with a stone-paved brewing floor, a storage loft and a low workroom annex. Registered 2024.

A two-story brick storehouse of 1905 joined to the Katano main house in Yokote, Akita; inside, its posts and beams glow with clear lacquer. Registered in 2024.

The Former Taisenso in Ugo, Akita, a late Meiji garden pavilion facing the Nishimonai River, opens both floors to the view through glazed doors and verandas.

An 1847 earthen storehouse in Masuda, Akita, with black and white lime plaster outside and a lacquered tatami parlour within. Registered in 2010, privately held.

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