Toshiharu Storehouse

A Storehouse of about 1909 on the Back Garden

The Toshiharu Storehouse (十四春土蔵) is a storehouse with a tiled roof that completes the house plot on the back garden of around 1909 in Benzaitencho, Shimogyo Ward, Kyoto City, Kyoto Prefecture, and was registered as a Registered Tangible Cultural Property (structure) on November 10, 2005 (Agency for Cultural Affairs).

The Agency records a two-storey clay-walled storehouse with a tiled roof and a building area of 20 square metres; registration number 26-0205.

A Doorway Like a Gate

The Toshiharu storehouse, of around 1909, stands at the north-west corner of a long east-west plot (Agency for Cultural Affairs). A two-storey clay-walled store with a gabled roof of round and flat tiles and its entrance on the long side, it has deep eaves formed by a ground-floor pent roof, with a plaster band under the eaves.

The openings are framed in stepped plaster, and black plaster above the doorway makes it look like a gateway. Facing the back garden, it completes the house plot (Agency for Cultural Affairs).

Why It Was Registered

The Agency registered it for its contribution to the historic landscape.

What to Look For

At the storehouse, look for the doorway made to look like a gateway with black plaster and the stepped plaster around the openings (Agency for Cultural Affairs).

Visiting

The owner of Toshiharu is not listed in the Agency record. It is listed on booking sites as the Toshiharu Ryokan, but no official information from its operator was found. The main house and storehouse are introduced together on the Toshiharu page.