Meiji
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A two-story timber shop of 1875 at Makabe, Sakuragawa City. Its L-shaped earth floor, counter and eaves canopy survive; registered in 2002, viewable from the road.
A Meiji shop on a Makabe crossroads in Sakuragawa City, registered in 2002. Hipped roof, rendered walls, deep canopy, and a ground floor the city leases to traders.
Facing Kamijuku-dori in Makabe, this clay-walled storehouse of 1908 covers 80 square metres and shows one small window high in its white plastered gable wall.
Standing on Kamishuku-dōri in the historic town of Makabe (Sakuragawa City, Ibaraki Prefecture), the Tsukamoto Family Residence Gate is a wooden yakuimon built in 1907. Its gabled pantile roof and 2.8 m frontage form an integral part of the streetscape alongside the family's shop storehouse, earthen storehouse, and black plank fence. It was listed as a National Registered Tangible Cultural Property in 2004.
The Tsukamoto Tea Shop Side Warehouse is a two-story earthen-walled storehouse built in the mid-Meiji period, located along Ojin'ya-mae-dōri in Makabe, Sakuragawa City, Ibaraki Prefecture. Registered as a National Registered Tangible Cultural Property, it still serves as a tea leaf storage facility today. Discover merchant heritage in Makabe's Important Preservation District, home to over 100 registered cultural properties.
Registered in 2022, the Tomita Family Residence Main House is an early Meiji farmhouse in the granite village of Ogoto in Kasama, Ibaraki, with crested nail covers.
Nakazawa Shoten Shop Storehouse and Main House, Yuki City, is a late Meiji misegura registered in 2005. Built as a retirement villa, 4 ken wide, with a 14-mat room.
The Nakamura main house at Makabe, Sakuragawa, is an early-Meiji reception hall deep in a walled estate, its innermost room holding a full shoin alcove and shelves.
The Nakamura document storehouse at Makabe, Sakuragawa, is a Meiji clay vault that stacks three low floors on just 26 square metres to guard family papers from fire.
The Nakamura yakuimon and wall at Makabe, Sakuragawa, is a Meiji gabled gate with a 25-metre wall, registered for its contribution to the historic streetscape.
The residence of the Nishioka family, brewers in Makabe, Sakuragawa. This two-story timber main house adjoins the shop and storehouse, and was registered in 2004.
The shop of the Nishioka family compound in Makabe, set back from the street. Much altered outside, it keeps its earthen floor and counting room. Registered 2004.
A two-story clay-walled storehouse at the Nishioka family compound in Makabe. Its eaves and shuttered gable windows shape the garden by the shop. Registered 2004.
The largest storehouse of the Nishioka Honten brewery in Makabe, this clay-walled dozo once held brown rice. Registered in 2001, it is now a gallery space.
The shop of the Nishioka Honten brewery in Makabe, maker of Hananoi sake since 1782, was once the Shimizuya main house. It joined the national register in 2001.
A compact white-rice storehouse of the Nishioka Honten brewery in Makabe. Near-windowless and set against the shop, it was registered in 2001 and is now a gallery.
The Numajiri storehouse in Kaneda, Tsukuba, is a two-story mid-Meiji building (1868-1911), holding farm tools below and documents above, like the rice store.
The Numajiri rice storehouse in Kaneda, Tsukuba, is a two-story early-Meiji granary (1868-1911). Its gable-entry, boarded form is now remodeled as a cafe.
A Meiji-era storehouse of just 21 square metres in Makabe, Sakuragawa City: white lime plaster above, boarding below to shed rain. Registered in 2002 with its inn.
A Meiji koraimon gate at Makabe, Sakuragawa City, registered 2004. Round posts, gabled tiled roof, wing walls each side, a wicket door; street viewing only.