A Quiet Merchant House
The Former Hashihira Sake Brewery (Kamuro) Main House (旧橋平酒造店（醸室）主屋) is a quiet main house with a hip-and-gable entrance porch of the early Meiji period in Furukawa Nanokamachi, Osaki City, Miyagi Prefecture, and was registered as a Registered Tangible Cultural Property (structure) on February 26, 2021 (Agency for Cultural Affairs).
The Agency records a timber house, single-storey with a partial upper floor, with an iron-sheet roof and a building area of 175 square metres; registration number 04-198.
A House with a Formal Entrance
The former Hashihira Sake Brewery, now known as Kamuro, was a merchant house that ran a brewery and other trades in central Furukawa, Osaki, with its shop, counting room and main house in a row along the old Oshu Kaido road (Agency for Cultural Affairs). All date from the early Meiji period; they were repaired in 2005 and moved in 2020. According to the Tohoku Tourism Promotion Organization, the brewery was founded in 1790.
The main house of the former Hashihira brewery, of the early Meiji period and altered around 1933, has a single-storey wing running east to west from the west of the counting room and a two-storey part joined to its north (Agency for Cultural Affairs). Hip-and-gable with an iron-sheet roof, it has lean-tos to north and south and a hip-and-gable entrance porch in the middle of the south side.
The single-storey wing has a veranda to the south and 3 rooms in a row to the north, the one by the counting room a reception room with an alcove, with the kitchen at the back. The Agency notes the calm residential scene it creates.
Why It Was Registered
The Agency registered it for its contribution to the historic landscape.
What to Look For
At the main house, look for the hip-and-gable entrance porch on the south and the reception room along the veranda (Agency for Cultural Affairs).
Visiting
It is owned by Kamuro Co., Ltd. (Agency for Cultural Affairs). According to the Tohoku Tourism Promotion Organization, the brewery's stores and house are now the Kamuro commercial complex, about 20 minutes on foot from JR Furukawa Station; check the complex for opening hours. The shop, counting room and main house are introduced together on the Former Hashihira Sake Brewery (Kamuro) page.
Q&A
- When was it built?
- In the early Meiji period.
- How is it laid out?
- A long wing and a two-storey part.
- What is the entrance like?
- A hip-and-gable porch.
- What are the rooms?
- Three in a row, with a reception room.
- When was the Former Hashihira Sake Brewery (Kamuro) Main House registered?
- On February 26, 2021 (Agency for Cultural Affairs).
Basic Information
| Name | Former Hashihira Sake Brewery (Kamuro) Main House (旧橋平酒造店（醸室）主屋) |
|---|---|
| Location | 1 Furukawa Nanokamachi, Osaki City, Miyagi Prefecture |
| Designation | Registered Tangible Cultural Property (Structure) |
| Year Designated | Registered 2021/02/26 (Reiwa 3) |
| Quantity | 1 building |
| Dimensions | Timber, single-storey with partial upper floor, iron-sheet roof, 175 m² |
| Owner | Kamuro Co., Ltd. |
| Public Access | Open as the Kamuro commercial complex |
References
- Former Hashihira Sake Brewery (Kamuro) Main House (Database of National Cultural Properties, Agency for Cultural Affairs)
- https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/101/00013676
- Kamuro, Furukawa (Tohoku Tourism Promotion Organization, in Japanese)
- https://www.tohokukanko.jp/attractions/detail_1004409.html
Last verified: 2026.11.05
