Annaka Church Onkotei (Former Parsonage)

A Parsonage of 1920 around Old Domain Rooms

The Annaka Church Onkotei (Former Parsonage) (日本基督教団安中教会温古亭（旧牧師館）) is a parsonage built around rooms said to come from the house of a senior retainer of the Annaka domain of 1920 in Annaka, Annaka City, Gunma Prefecture, and was registered as a Registered Tangible Cultural Property (structure) on November 8, 2004 (Agency for Cultural Affairs).

The Agency records a single-storey timber building with a tiled roof and a building area of 115 square metres; registration number 10-0120.

A Parsonage around Domain Rooms

Onkotei of Annaka Church was built as the parsonage in 1920 (Agency for Cultural Affairs). It stands east-west on a plot south of the church across the road, a single-storey timber house with a gabled roof of pantiles.

At its core are tatami rooms of 8 and 10 mats said to have been part of the house of a senior retainer of the Annaka domain, with the entrance and kitchen to the east and a 4.5-mat room to the west. A half-bay verandah runs along the south side of the main rooms (Agency for Cultural Affairs).

Why It Was Registered

The Agency registered it for its contribution to the historic landscape.

What to Look For

At Onkotei, look for the 8- and 10-mat rooms said to come from a domain retainer's house and the verandah on the south side (Agency for Cultural Affairs).

Visiting

The four buildings are owned by the Annaka Church of the United Church of Christ in Japan (Agency for Cultural Affairs). It is a working church, and no official information on visiting was found. The four buildings are introduced together on the Annaka Church page.