Meiji
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Built in 1873 in the Makabe preservation district of Sakuragawa, Ibaraki, the Masubuchi family shop is a two-story dozo merchant front on the old street.
Attached to the Masubuchi shop in Makabe, Sakuragawa, this 1873 nagayamon is a compact single-story gate about 6.9 meters wide, built of fine zelkova timber.
The Mamiya Family Residence Main House in Takabu, Hitachiomiya City, Ibaraki Prefecture, is a Meiji-era wood-framed Japanese-Western fusion home built in 1902. Combining a traditional farmhouse-style two-story wing with a striking three-story Western tower painted in pale green, it stands as a vivid landmark in the historic post town of Takabu-juku and was registered as a National Tangible Cultural Property of Japan in 2003.
Discover Musashiya Shop in Koga, Ibaraki — a Registered Tangible Cultural Property dating to the mid-Meiji period. Dine on traditional grilled eel inside a black-walled, two-story dozo-zukuri restaurant standing on the former Nikko Kaido post-town street.