A Corner Shop with Patterned Namako Walls
The Ebiki Former Shop (海老喜旧店舗) is a shop on the corner at the entrance to the town of the late Taisho period, altered in 1941 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 timber building with a slate roof and a building area of 80 square metres; registration number 04-0151.
A Landmark on the Corner
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 former shop, of the late Taisho period, is a two-storey timber building with the shop and counting room below and a room for guests upstairs.
The upper floor is fully plastered, and the namako tile walls at its base use a varied diagonal joint pattern that continues round the corner cut back in the Showa period. Slate-roofed, it stands on the corner at the entrance to the town as a local landmark (Agency for Cultural Affairs).
Why It Was Registered
The Agency registered it for its contribution to the historic landscape.
What to Look For
Look for the patterned namako walls and the building's place on the corner (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).
- How is it laid out?
- Shop below, guest room above.
- What are the walls like?
- Patterned namako tiles.
- Where is it?
- On the corner at the town entrance.
- When was the Ebiki Former Shop registered?
- On May 10, 2018 (Agency for Cultural Affairs).
Basic Information
| Name | Ebiki Former Shop (海老喜旧店舗) |
|---|---|
| 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 timber, slate roof, 80 m² |
| Owner | Not listed in the Agency database |
| Public Access | No official information on access |
References
- Ebiki Former Shop (Database of National Cultural Properties, Agency for Cultural Affairs)
- https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/101/00012271
- 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
