A Slag-Brick Warehouse in Yahata
The Tadokoro Shoten Warehouse (田所商店倉庫) is a tea products warehouse of the early Showa period (1926 to 1945) in Iwaimachi, Yahatahigashi Ward, Kitakyushu City, Fukuoka Prefecture, and was registered as a Registered Tangible Cultural Property (structure) on December 3, 2024 (Agency for Cultural Affairs).
The Agency records a single-storey brick building with a tiled roof, covering 51 square metres; registration number 40-0228.
A Warehouse of Slag Brick
The Tadokoro Shoten Warehouse, south-east of the Higashiyama 1-chome crossing, was built to store tea products (Agency for Cultural Affairs).
An east-west brick block projects north at its west end to form an L, with the north-west corner cut off, under an irregular hipped pantile roof. A canopy shelters the door in the inner corner; inside is a single boarded room under a king-post truss (Agency for Cultural Affairs).
Why It Was Registered
The Agency registered it for its contribution to the historic landscape, a warehouse rich in local character, built of slag brick.
What to Look For
Look for the slag-brick walls and the irregular hipped roof over the cut-off corner (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 the early Showa period (Agency for Cultural Affairs).
- What did it store?
- Tea products.
- What is special about its brick?
- It is slag brick.
- How is Iwaimachi read?
- I-wa-i-ma-chi, according to the Japan Post postcode data.
- When was the Tadokoro Shoten Warehouse registered?
- On December 3, 2024 (Agency for Cultural Affairs).
Basic Information
| Name | Tadokoro Shoten Warehouse (田所商店倉庫) |
|---|---|
| Location | 1189-18 Iwaimachi 2-chome, Yahatahigashi Ward, Kitakyushu City, Fukuoka Prefecture |
| Designation | Registered Tangible Cultural Property (Structure) |
| Year Designated | Registered 2024/12/03 (Reiwa 6) |
| Quantity | 1 building |
| Dimensions | Single-storey brick, tiled roof, 51 m² |
| Owner | Not listed in the Agency database |
| Public Access | No official visiting information |
References
- Tadokoro Shoten Warehouse (Database of National Cultural Properties, Agency for Cultural Affairs)
- https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/101/00015263
Last verified: 2026.10.18