Yamada Family House Main House (Takarazuka)

A Modern Japanese House in Takarazuka's Early Villa District

The Yamada Family House Main House (Takarazuka) (山田家住宅主屋) is a modern Japanese-style house in a villa district of 1921 in Minamiguchi, Takarazuka City, Hyogo Prefecture, and was registered as a Registered Tangible Cultural Property (structure) on June 7, 1999 (Agency for Cultural Affairs).

The Agency records a single-storey timber building with a tiled roof, covering 123 square metres; registration number 28-0045.

A Main House near Takarazuka-Minamiguchi Station

The main house of the Yamada family stands near Takarazuka-Minamiguchi Station on the Hankyu Imazu Line (Agency for Cultural Affairs). A core 5 and a half by 4 bays under a hip-and-gable roof is wrapped by half-bay lean-tos, with a hip-and-gabled entrance projecting on the east.

It is single-storeyed under a double roof but has a low attic storey in part (Agency for Cultural Affairs). The Takarazuka City Board of Education says it was the first national Registered Tangible Cultural Property in the city, and passed to the city in 2016 under a gift on the owner's death.

Why It Was Registered

The Agency registered it for its contribution to the historic landscape, a good example of a modern Japanese-style house in one of Takarazuka's earliest villa districts.

What to Look For

Look for the double roof with lean-tos all round and the hip-and-gabled entrance on the east (Agency for Cultural Affairs).

Visiting

It is owned by Takarazuka City. The city's board of education is considering uses such as visits, and no official opening days were found.