A Bold Shop Front on the Oshu Kaido
The Former Hashihira Sake Brewery (Kamuro) Shop (旧橋平酒造店（醸室）店舗) is a shop whose deep brackets give its projecting eaves a bold look 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 two-storey timber building with an iron-sheet roof and a building area of 76 square metres; registration number 04-196.
A Shop on the Old Road
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 shop of the former Hashihira brewery stands on the east of the site along the old Oshu Kaido road and dates from the early Meiji period, extended and altered around 1925 (Agency for Cultural Affairs). A two-storey building with an iron-sheet roof, hip-and-gable to the south and gabled to the north, it has a lean-to at the front, and deep brackets give its projecting eaves a bold look.
The shop is on the ground floor, with a reception room with an alcove upstairs. The Agency notes that it adds weight to the scene of the old road.
Why It Was Registered
The Agency registered it for its contribution to the historic landscape.
What to Look For
At the shop, look for the projecting eaves on deep brackets and the lean-to along the front (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.
- Where is it?
- On the old Oshu Kaido road.
- What marks the eaves?
- Deep brackets.
- What is upstairs?
- A reception room with an alcove.
- When was the Former Hashihira Sake Brewery (Kamuro) Shop registered?
- On February 26, 2021 (Agency for Cultural Affairs).
Basic Information
| Name | Former Hashihira Sake Brewery (Kamuro) Shop (旧橋平酒造店（醸室）店舗) |
|---|---|
| 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 | Two-storey timber, iron-sheet roof, 76 m² |
| Owner | Kamuro Co., Ltd. |
| Public Access | Open as the Kamuro commercial complex |
References
- Former Hashihira Sake Brewery (Kamuro) Shop (Database of National Cultural Properties, Agency for Cultural Affairs)
- https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/101/00013674
- Kamuro, Furukawa (Tohoku Tourism Promotion Organization, in Japanese)
- https://www.tohokukanko.jp/attractions/detail_1004409.html
Last verified: 2026.11.05
