A Small Meiji Shop in Yuki
The Kinuya Pharmacy Shop (キヌヤ薬舗店舗) is a small, carefully built pharmacy shop of the mid-Meiji period in Yuki, Yuki City, Ibaraki Prefecture, and was registered as a Registered Tangible Cultural Property (structure) on October 18, 2006 (Agency for Cultural Affairs).
The Agency records a two-storey timber building with a tiled roof and a building area of 32 square metres; registration number 08-0220.
A Small Shop Sealed in Plaster
The Kinuya Pharmacy shop, of the mid-Meiji period, stands at the south end of a long plot facing the road; it is a two-storey gabled timber building 3.5 bays square with a pantiled roof (Agency for Cultural Affairs).
The sides and upper eaves are sealed in plaster. The ground floor has an earth-floored area, a four-mat room and a boarded room, and upstairs two rooms of four and a half mats form a suite (Agency for Cultural Affairs). The Agency notes that it is small but carefully built.
Why It Was Registered
The Agency registered it for its contribution to the historic landscape.
What to Look For
Look for the plaster-sealed sides and upper eaves (Agency for Cultural Affairs).
Visiting
The owner is not listed in the Agency record. No official information on public access was found.
Q&A
- When was it built?
- In the mid-Meiji period.
- How big is it?
- 3.5 bays square.
- What is upstairs?
- Two small rooms forming a suite.
- What marks the exterior?
- Plaster-sealed sides and eaves.
- When was the Kinuya Pharmacy Shop registered?
- On October 18, 2006 (Agency for Cultural Affairs).
Basic Information
| Name | Kinuya Pharmacy Shop (キヌヤ薬舗店舗) |
|---|---|
| Location | 9 Yuki, Yuki City, Ibaraki Prefecture |
| Designation | Registered Tangible Cultural Property (Structure) |
| Year Designated | Registered 2006/10/18 (Heisei 18) |
| Quantity | 1 building |
| Dimensions | Two-storey timber, tiled roof, 32 m² |
| Owner | Not listed in the Agency database |
| Public Access | No official information on access |
References
- Kinuya Pharmacy Shop (Database of National Cultural Properties, Agency for Cultural Affairs)
- https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/101/00005733
Last verified: 2026.10.26