A Store on Mikkamachi Street
The Ebiki Front Storehouse (海老喜表蔵) is a street-front store for goods and grain of the late Taisho period, altered in the 1950s and 1960s in Toyomamachi Teraike, Tome City, Miyagi Prefecture, and was registered as a Registered Tangible Cultural Property (structure) on May 10, 2018 (Agency for Cultural Affairs).
The Agency records a two-storey plastered storehouse with a tiled roof and a building area of 71 square metres; registration number 04-0152.
A Store Facing Mikkamachi Street
Ebiki is a merchant house of miso and soy-sauce brewers in the old castle town of Toyoma, with eight buildings on its site registered (Agency for Cultural Affairs). The front storehouse, of the late Taisho period, stands north of the former shop facing east onto Mikkamachi street, and was used to store goods and grain.
Both floors are divided into two rooms, with doors to the shop side and the street side. The walls are fully plastered inside and out, and the roof frame has double tie beams (Agency for Cultural Affairs). The Agency notes that with the shop it forms the historic look of the street.
Why It Was Registered
The Agency registered it for its contribution to the historic landscape.
What to Look For
Look for the plastered store on Mikkamachi street beside the former shop (Agency for Cultural Affairs).
Visiting
The owner is not listed in the Agency record. According to the Ebiki website, the family business still makes and sells miso and soy sauce here. Ebiki and Tome City give the opening hours of the Kura no Shiryokan museum in the former sake brewery as 9:00 to 17:00, with admission of 200 yen; the former soy-sauce store (Ebiki Hall) is used for group meals by reservation only, and no other building is open inside. The eight buildings are introduced together on the Ebiki page.
Q&A
- When was it built?
- In the late Taisho period (Agency for Cultural Affairs).
- What was it for?
- Goods and grain.
- What is inside?
- Two rooms on each floor.
- Where is it?
- North of the shop on the street.
- When was the Ebiki Front Storehouse registered?
- On May 10, 2018 (Agency for Cultural Affairs).
Basic Information
| Name | Ebiki Front Storehouse (海老喜表蔵) |
|---|---|
| Location | 22 Toyomamachi Teraike, Tome City, Miyagi Prefecture |
| Designation | Registered Tangible Cultural Property (Structure) |
| Year Designated | Registered 2018/05/10 (Heisei 30) |
| Quantity | 1 building |
| Dimensions | Two-storey plastered storehouse, tiled roof, 71 m² |
| Owner | Not listed in the Agency database |
| Public Access | No official information on access |
References
- Ebiki Front Storehouse (Database of National Cultural Properties, Agency for Cultural Affairs)
- https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/101/00012272
- Kura no Shiryokan (Ebiki, in Japanese)
- https://ebiki.com/?mode=f3
- Historic sights (Tome City, in Japanese)
- https://www.city.tome.miyagi.jp/kanko/tourism/see/rekishi/index.html
Last verified: 2026.10.28
