A Post-War Furniture-Town Warehouse with a Modern Face
The Kyushu Tategu Mokkosho Warehouse (九州建具木工所倉庫) is a woodworking firm's warehouse of 1956, altered around 1989 in Kobo, Okawa City, Fukuoka Prefecture, and was registered as a Registered Tangible Cultural Property (structure) on March 6, 2024 (Agency for Cultural Affairs).
The Agency records a two-storey timber building with a sheet-metal roof, covering 308 square metres; registration number 40-0223.
A Woodworking Warehouse at the Mouth of the Chikugo
The Kyushu Tategu Mokkosho Warehouse is the warehouse of a woodworking firm at Kobo, near the mouth of the Chikugo River, where woodworking flourished (Agency for Cultural Affairs).
It is gabled and entered at the gable end, with four tall windows side by side at the centre of the upper front and a parapet rising forward across the facade. The roof is an irregular queen-post truss in which posts carry the purlins between the paired queen posts (Agency for Cultural Affairs).
Why It Was Registered
The Agency registered it for its contribution to the historic landscape, a building whose modern face tells of the post-war prosperity of the woodworking trade.
What to Look For
Look for the four tall upper windows and the projecting parapet of the modern front (Agency for Cultural Affairs).
Visiting
No official information on access to the interior was found. The building can be seen from the road.
Q&A
- When was the warehouse built?
- In 1956 (Agency for Cultural Affairs).
- What marks its front?
- Four tall upper windows and a projecting parapet.
- What is its roof structure?
- An irregular queen-post truss.
- How is Kobo read?
- Ko-bo, according to the Japan Post postcode data.
- When was the Kyushu Tategu Mokkosho Warehouse registered?
- On March 6, 2024 (Agency for Cultural Affairs).
Basic Information
| Name | Kyushu Tategu Mokkosho Warehouse (九州建具木工所倉庫) |
|---|---|
| Location | 124 Kobo, Okawa City, Fukuoka Prefecture |
| Designation | Registered Tangible Cultural Property (Structure) |
| Year Designated | Registered 2024/03/06 (Reiwa 6) |
| Quantity | 1 building |
| Dimensions | Two-storey timber building, sheet-metal roof, 308 m² |
| Owner | Not listed in the Agency database |
| Public Access | No official visiting information |
References
- Kyushu Tategu Mokkosho Warehouse (Database of National Cultural Properties, Agency for Cultural Affairs)
- https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/101/00014977
Last verified: 2026.10.18