Shimaichi Terushita Family Residence
The Shimaichi Terushita Family Residence (島一照下家住宅) in Noma, Shodoshima Town, Kagawa Prefecture, is a group of four buildings dating from 1888 to 1931, the main house, the annex, the northwest storehouse and the rice storehouse, all registered as Registered Tangible Cultural Properties on February 9, 2005 (Agency for Cultural Affairs).
They carry the consecutive registration numbers 37-0238 to 37-0241 and are privately owned (Kagawa Prefectural Board of Education). The district name 苗羽 is read Noma. Shodoshima Town includes it in Hishio no Sato, the quarter of soy sauce breweries and of the houses built by families who prospered in the trade.
No official source gives the reading of the name of the Shimaichi Terushita Family Residence, and the romanisation used here is provisional.
Layout and Dates
Read from the Agency's descriptions, the main house stands toward the north of the plot on an east-west axis, with the annex attached to its west side on a north-south axis. The northwest storehouse lies west of the main house and north of the annex, while the rice storehouse stands apart to the south-east. Only the rice storehouse sits on a separate lot, 1506-5; the other three are on 1506-1.
The rice storehouse of 1888 is the oldest. The main house and the northwest storehouse followed in 1924 and the annex in 1931, and the main house was extended in 1947 (Agency for Cultural Affairs).
The Agency sees the prosperity of soy sauce brewing in the imposing front of the main house. The annex and the northwest storehouse, with the wall at the side entrance, shape the west edge of the property, and the rice storehouse is called essential to the view along the path to the main entrance. All four buildings of the Shimaichi Terushita Family Residence were registered as contributing to the historic landscape of the country.
Visiting
The Shimaichi Terushita Family Residence is a private home, and as of November 2026 no public opening or visitor arrangement had been announced. Please view it from the street without entering the grounds. According to the Agency, the northwest storehouse shows its north-west corner to the road and lines the west side of the property with the annex.
For Hishio no Sato in general, Shodoshima Town asks visitors to check with each property; the town's Lifelong Learning Division can be reached on 0879-82-7015.
The address is 1506-1 Nakasuji-ko, Noma, Shodoshima-cho. Measured from the coordinates in the national database, the Shimaichi Terushita Family Residence lies about 400 metres in a straight line from the Marukin-mae bus stop and about 1.2 kilometres north of Sakate Port.
References
- Shimaichi Terushita Family Residence Main House (Database of National Cultural Properties, Agency for Cultural Affairs)
- https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/101/00004646
- Shimaichi Terushita Family Residence Annex (Database of National Cultural Properties, Agency for Cultural Affairs)
- https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/101/00004647
- Shimaichi Terushita Family Residence Northwest Storehouse (Database of National Cultural Properties, Agency for Cultural Affairs)
- https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/101/00004648
- Shimaichi Terushita Family Residence Rice Storehouse (Database of National Cultural Properties, Agency for Cultural Affairs)
- https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/101/00004649
- Shimaichi Terushita Family Residence Rice Storehouse (Cultural Heritage Online, Japanese)
- https://online.bunka.go.jp/heritages/detail/195649
- Registered Tangible Cultural Properties in Kagawa Prefecture (Kagawa Prefectural Board of Education, Japanese)
- https://www.pref.kagawa.lg.jp/kenkyoui/shogaigakushu/bunkazai/culturalassets/culturalassets_16.html
- Modern Industrial Heritage of Hishio no Sato (Shodoshima Town, Japanese)
- https://www.town.shodoshima.lg.jp/gyousei/kakuka/shogaigakushuka/2/1/3151.html
- List of Designated and Registered Cultural Properties (Shodoshima Town, Japanese PDF)
- https://www.town.shodoshima.lg.jp/material/files/group/26/08_sankou.pdf
Last verified: 2026.11.12
Basic Information
| Name | Shimaichi Terushita Family Residence |
|---|---|
| Location | 1506-1 Nakasuji-ko, Noma, Shodoshima-cho, Shozu-gun, Kagawa Prefecture |
| Owner | Private owner |
| Designation | Registered Tangible Cultural Properties (4) |
| Coordinates | 34.46867, 134.32314 |
