What Is the Odagaki Family Residence Detached Room?
The Odagaki Family Residence Detached Room (小田垣家住宅離れ座敷, Odagaki-ke Jūtaku Hanare Zashiki) is a two-storey timber reception building built around 1914 on the Odagaki Shoten property in Tatemachi, Tamba-Sasayama City, Hyogo Prefecture, registered as a Registered Tangible Cultural Property on October 2, 2007. It stands on the south side of the lot, covers 99 square meters and, with the toilet and bath building, is one of the two Taisho-era buildings among the ten.
The entrance is at the west end. From there the building runs east, first a guest wing of about twelve mats, then a two-storey block of Zashiki rooms with a six-mat and an eight-mat room opening into each other on both floors. The roofed wall that follows the street ends at the entrance, and a corridor connects the building to the toilet and bath building to the north.
Why the Odagaki Family Residence Detached Room Was Registered
The Odagaki Family Residence Detached Room was registered, like the other nine Odagaki buildings, for its contribution to the historic landscape. The agency reads it as evidence of how the family's spaces for receiving guests developed over time.
Put the buildings in date order and the point is clear. First the late Edo shop; then, in the late Meiji era, a six-mat room and a tea room added just south of it; then, around 1914, this separate two-storey building across the garden. Space for guests grew from a small room behind the shop into a building of its own, over roughly half a century after the family took up black soybeans in 1868.
Western Inside, Japanese Outside
The most intriguing part of the Odagaki Family Residence Detached Room is the guest wing: Western-style inside, dressed to look Japanese outside.
The lower walls are faced with split bamboo, and the plaster above is a sabi-kabe, a finish mixed with iron filings that oxidize to a rusty brown, long favored for tea houses and sukiya buildings. From outside there is no sign of a Western room within. Western-style rooms became more common in Japanese houses during the Taisho era, and here the owner seems to have wanted one without changing the look of the property.
The zashiki block to the east stacks a six-mat and an eight-mat room on each floor. The upper rooms look out over the tiled roofs of the compound.
The Odagaki Family Residence Detached Room Today
Odagaki Shoten finished restoring all ten buildings in spring 2025 and opened two of the residential ones on May 17 that year as Mameya, a guesthouse let to one party at a time. Mameya describes a lounge converted from a Western-style building, a ground-floor living room looking onto the stone garden, and an upstairs bedroom with the old beams left exposed. The mayor of Tamba-Sasayama described the guesthouse as a Taisho-era dwelling with 165 square meters of floor space. That matches the Odagaki Family Residence Detached Room, with its Western guest wing and two-storey zashiki block, though Mameya does not name the buildings.
Mameya admits only its own guests, so there is no way for general visitors to see inside the Odagaki Family Residence Detached Room (checked September 2026). From outside, the west entrance where the wall ends is the part closest to the street. Directions are on the Odagaki Shoten page.
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Q&A
- When was the Odagaki Family Residence Detached Room built?
- The Agency for Cultural Affairs dates the Odagaki Family Residence Detached Room to around 1914. It is one of only two Taisho-era buildings among the ten.
- Can I visit the Odagaki Family Residence Detached Room?
- No. The Odagaki Family Residence Detached Room appears to be part of the Mameya guesthouse, which admits only its own guests (checked September 2026).
- What is unusual about the guest wing of the Odagaki Family Residence Detached Room?
- It is Western-style inside but finished outside with split bamboo on the lower walls and rust-colored plaster containing iron filings above, so it looks Japanese.
- What is the layout of the Odagaki Family Residence Detached Room?
- An entrance at the west end, a guest wing of about twelve mats, and a two-storey block with a six-mat and an eight-mat room on each floor.
- When was the Odagaki Family Residence Detached Room registered?
- It was registered on October 2, 2007, under registration number 28-0291.
Basic Information
| Name | Odagaki Family Residence Detached Room |
|---|---|
| Location | 15 Tatemachi and others, Tamba-Sasayama City, Hyogo Prefecture (listed as Sasayama City in the Agency for Cultural Affairs database) |
| Designation | Registered Tangible Cultural Property (building) |
| Year Designated | Registered October 2, 2007 |
| Quantity | 1 building |
| Dimensions | 2-storey timber, tiled roof, building area 99 square meters |
| Owner | Not listed in the Agency for Cultural Affairs database |
| Public Access | Not open to the public (appears to be used as a guesthouse) |
References
- Agency for Cultural Affairs, Database of National Cultural Properties: 小田垣家住宅離れ座敷
- https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/bsys/maindetails/101/00006357
- Cultural Heritage Online: Odagaki Family Residence Detached Room
- https://online.bunka.go.jp/heritages/detail/191080
- Mameya: Rooms
- https://mameya.odagaki.co.jp/room
- Mameya: FAQ
- https://mameya.odagaki.co.jp/faq
- Odagaki Shoten official site: Accommodation
- https://www.odagaki.co.jp/accommodation
- Tamba-Sasayama City: Mayor's diary, April 18, 2025 (opening of Mameya)
- https://www.city.tambasasayama.lg.jp/gyoseijoho/shichonoheya/shichonikki/2025/4/28689.html
Last verified: 2026.09.28
