A Meiji Clinic on the Ikuno Highway
The Former Kaizaki Clinic (旧海崎医院) is a Western-style doctor's clinic on the old highway of around 1887 in Ikunocho Kuchiganaya, Asago City, Hyogo Prefecture, and was registered as a Registered Tangible Cultural Property (structure) on August 21, 2002 (Agency for Cultural Affairs).
The Agency records a single-storey timber building with a tiled roof and a building area of 47 square metres; registration number 28-0110.
Consulting Room, Treatment Room and Tatami Room
The former Kaizaki Clinic is a Western-style clinic facing east onto the old highway; from the road side it has a consulting room of about four and a half mats, a treatment room of about six mats and a tatami room of four and a half mats (Agency for Cultural Affairs).
The consulting room is clad in vertical boarding, with two shuttered windows on the east side, a canopy with a segmental pediment on the north side and a heavy timber cornice in the pseudo-Western style (Agency for Cultural Affairs).
Why It Was Registered
The Agency registered the clinic as a model of design.
What to Look For
Look for the shuttered windows on the east, the segmental canopy on the north and the heavy pseudo-Western cornice (Agency for Cultural Affairs).
Visiting
The owner is not given in the Agency record. No official information on public access was found.
Q&A
- When was it built?
- Around 1887 (Agency for Cultural Affairs).
- What rooms does it have?
- A consulting room, a treatment room and a tatami room.
- What Western touches does it have?
- Shuttered windows, a pedimented canopy and a heavy cornice.
- Where does it stand?
- Facing east onto the old highway in Ikuno.
- When was the Former Kaizaki Clinic registered?
- On August 21, 2002 (Agency for Cultural Affairs).
Basic Information
| Name | Former Kaizaki Clinic (旧海崎医院) |
|---|---|
| Location | 2-455 Ikunocho Kuchiganaya, Asago City, Hyogo Prefecture |
| Designation | Registered Tangible Cultural Property (Structure) |
| Year Designated | Registered 2002/08/21 (Heisei 14) |
| Quantity | 1 building |
| Dimensions | Single-storey timber, tiled roof, 47 m² |
| Owner | Not listed in the Agency database |
| Public Access | No official access information |
References
- Former Kaizaki Clinic (Database of National Cultural Properties, Agency for Cultural Affairs)
- https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/101/00002972
Last verified: 2026.10.23