Registered Tangible Cultural Properties of Japan

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.

L-shaped residential wing at the back of a kimono merchant's estate in Yuzawa, Akita, with a formal alcove room; alone of seven registered as a model of design.

Low, steady earthen storehouse built in 1935 at the back of a kimono merchant's estate in Yuzawa, Akita, turned north-south with doors on two sides. Registered 2007.

Small early Showa concrete garage beside a kimono merchant's townhouse on the old Ushu Kaido in Yuzawa, Akita, with spiral brackets under its hood. Registered 2007.

Gable-fronted 1930s townhouse of a kimono merchant in Yuzawa, Akita, with stacked beams and deep green Seto glazed tiles. Registered 2007; open one day a year.

Smallest of four 1935 storehouses on a kimono merchant's estate in Yuzawa, Akita, with hinged window shutters under hoods carried on brackets. Registered 2007.

Long, narrow 1935 earthen storehouse on a kimono merchant's estate in Yuzawa, Akita, with a separately framed roof, hooded windows and no ornament. Registered 2007.

Largest of four 1935 storehouses on a kimono merchant's estate in Yuzawa, Akita, with hinged fire doors and a raised rear floor. Opens on the city's open-house day.

Brewer's house in Yurihonjo, Akita, built c.1916. Its gable end facing Ishiwaki Street shows tiers of beams and posts over a deep six-room plan. Registered in 2023.

Early Showa brewing factory in Yurihonjo, Akita, largest of the five listed buildings, with a koji room and a king-post truss topped by Japanese-style posts.

1957 brewing factory in Yurihonjo, Akita, the newest of five listed buildings. Its concrete-block core held moromi and warm-fermentation rooms. Listed 2023.

Brewery shop in Yurihonjo, Akita, built c.1916. An office fills its west half and a 20 m earthen passage with a batten ceiling runs back to the house and factories.

Earthen storehouse for household goods in Yurihonjo, Akita, c.1916, joined to the main house. Lime-plaster walls and stepped fireproof doors. Registered 2023.

Yamanaka Kichisuke Shoten Zashikigura in Masuda, Yokote, Akita: an 1886 earthen storehouse with black-plaster details, typical of the town's merchant storehouses.

A late Taisho workshop at the core of a Yuzawa brewery in Akita; soy sauce is heated, filtered and bottled under a king post truss and lantern roof. Registered 2024.

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 small early Showa storehouse for vinegar at a Yuzawa brewery in Akita, its eaves braced with metal against snow and its roof packed with straw. Registered 2024.

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 small early Showa rice storehouse on a corner across from a Yuzawa brewery in Akita, with a separate okiyane roof and a king post truss. Registered in 2024.