Meiji
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Hachimorien in Yajima, Yurihonjo, Akita, a house of about 1877 in the old samurai quarter, has a curved entrance gable and a rear wing finished in fine woods.
The Koji-gura in Masuda is an early-Meiji earthen storehouse, still used as Hinomaru Jozo's koji room for culturing rice. Its interior is closed to visitors.
The Chuo-gura is the largest building at Hinomaru Jozo in Masuda, an early-Meiji earthen storehouse about 24 metres long, still used for storage. It is closed.
The Hinomaru Jozo shop faces the old highway in Masuda, its gable end showing tiered beams in the local townhouse style. A sales counter runs on site.
The Higashi-mae-gura in Masuda is the older half of a paired storehouse at Hinomaru Jozo, its stacked-beam roof keeping the look of early-Meiji work. It is closed.
The Bunko-gura at Hinomaru Jozo in Masuda is a 1908 earthen storehouse in black plaster, its interior lined with lacquered cypress columns. It alone is open to visitors.
The Minami-gura is the smallest registered building at Hinomaru Jozo in Masuda, an early-Meiji storehouse about 11 metres long, still used to store rice. It is closed.
Yamanaka Kichisuke Shoten Zashikigura in Masuda, Yokote, Akita: an 1886 earthen storehouse with black-plaster details, typical of the town's merchant storehouses.
A middle-Meiji storehouse at a Yuzawa brewery in Akita where koji grows in a wooden chamber at 45°C. Brick chimney, stacked beams; registered 2024; on the tour.
A middle-Meiji shop and family home facing the old Ushu Kaido in Yuzawa, Akita. Its deep-eaved street gable shows exposed framing. Registered in 2024; exterior only.
A household storehouse of 1894 at a Yuzawa brewery in Akita: polished black plaster, a brick base in stretcher bond, stepped fire doors. Now a hall on the tour.
The oldest building at a Yuzawa brewery in Akita: an 1883 storehouse with a pickle store and tatami rooms, on a plinth of local Innai stone. Registered in 2024.
Ryozeki Sake Brewery No. 1 Storehouse in Yuzawa, Akita, is an 1892 earthen storehouse 21.7 meters long whose roof rests on bracket-like beams set on wall posts.
Ryozeki Sake Brewery No. 2 Storehouse in Yuzawa, Akita, is a 1908 earthen storehouse 56.04 meters long, the largest at the brewery, its upper floor raised in 1964.
The main house of the Watanabe family in Kazuno, Akita, built in 1891 for a samurai-descended landowner, has a great room of 24 and a half mats in fine timber.
The rice storehouse of the Watanabe family in Kazuno, Akita, built in 1902 by the carpenter of the main house, is a 2-storey earthen-walled store set at 45 degrees.