Two Storehouses Under One Roof
The Former Tango Family Residence Storehouse (旧丹後家住宅土蔵, Kyū Tango-ke Jūtaku Dozō) is an early Shōwa-period (1926–1945) storehouse in Notobekami, Nakanoto-machi, Kashima District, Ishikawa Prefecture, registered as a Registered Tangible Cultural Property on 27 October 2017. Built in the two-storey Dozo-zukuri manner with a tiled roof, it has a footprint of 71 square metres and is registered as number 17-278.
It stands in the southern corner of the plot, behind the main house and farther from the road than anything else on the site. What looks like one building is really two storehouses gathered inside a single protective shell.
Why It Was Registered
The Tango storehouse was registered for its contribution to the historic landscape. Nakanoto Town points to two features: the large roof spanning both stores, and the treatment of the windows.
The Agency for Cultural Affairs picks out the window frames in particular. Each is finished with a flat top member like a Kasagi coping, and these plain, level frames are what hold the whole elevation together. The design depends on keeping lines to a minimum rather than on added ornament.
Three Finishes on One Building
The Former Tango Family Residence Storehouse has Ōkabe walls, with the posts buried inside thick plaster, and an Okiyane roof set on top of the wall mass rather than built into it.
Look at the walls closely and you will see they are not finished the same way all round. The upper walls are white mortar. Below them, the base of the east face is clad in Shitami-itabari weatherboarding, while the bases of the other faces are finished in artificial stone. Three finishes, then, chosen by height and by side.
A small Hisashi projects on the north side, presumably to keep rain off doors and goods, though no source says what it was for.
Mortar and cast stone are materials of their time. The Tango storehouse keeps the traditional form of a Japanese storehouse, detached roof and all, but its surfaces are finished in the materials of the early Shōwa years.
Seeing the Storehouse
The Tango storehouse is tucked away at the back of the plot, and it could not be confirmed how much of it is visible from the road. If you can get near it, stand at a corner where the east face meets another side, and the boarded base and the cast-stone base can be compared at a glance.
The town gives no information on opening the inside of the storehouse. The property as a whole is a rental venue booked through the town, and as of July 2024 its use was suspended after the Noto Peninsula Earthquake.
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Q&A
- What is the Former Tango Family Residence Storehouse?
- It is a two-storey earth-walled storehouse with a tiled roof and a footprint of 71 square metres, made up of two stores sheltered inside one shell. The walls are of the okabe type and the roof is an okiyane set above the walls.
- Where does the Former Tango Family Residence Storehouse stand?
- In the southern corner of the Former Tango Family Residence, behind the main house and farther from the road than any of the other registered items.
- How are the walls of the Former Tango Family Residence Storehouse finished?
- The upper walls are white mortar. The base of the east face is weatherboarded, and the bases of the other faces are finished in artificial stone. There is a small canopy on the north side.
- Why is the Former Tango Family Residence Storehouse a registered cultural property?
- It was recognised for its contribution to the historic landscape, in particular the single large roof over two stores and the plain, coping-like window frames that pull the design together.
- When does the Former Tango Family Residence Storehouse date from?
- The national database dates it to the early Shōwa period (1926–1945). It was registered as a Registered Tangible Cultural Property on 27 October 2017, under number 17-278.
Basic Information
| Name | Former Tango Family Residence Storehouse |
|---|---|
| Location | 12-1 Notobekami He and other lots, Nakanoto-machi, Kashima-gun, Ishikawa Prefecture |
| Designation | Registered Tangible Cultural Property (Building) |
| Year Designated | Registered 27 October 2017 |
| Quantity | 1 structure |
| Dimensions | Two-storey dozo-zukuri storehouse, tiled roof, building area 71 square metres |
| Owner | Nakanoto Town |
| Public Access | Property is a rental venue by reservation (use suspended after the Noto Peninsula Earthquake, as of July 2024); no information on opening the storehouse interior |
References
- 旧丹後家住宅土蔵 (Agency for Cultural Affairs, Database of National Cultural Properties)
- https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/bsys/maindetails/101/00011944
- 旧丹後家住宅土蔵 (Cultural Heritage Online)
- https://online.bunka.go.jp/heritages/detail/438660
- Nationally Registered Cultural Properties (Nakanoto Town)
- https://www.town.nakanoto.ishikawa.jp/childcare_education_culturalproperty/6/1/4974.html
Last verified: 2026.09.29
