Oimatsu Nagata Brewery Shop

About the Oimatsu Nagata Brewery Shop

The Oimatsu Nagata Brewery Shop (老松永田醸造店舗) is a two-storey timber shop of the 1890s (1887 to 1896) at the Oimatsu Nagata Brewery, a miso and soy sauce maker in Kamicho, Watari Town, Miyagi Prefecture, and was registered as a Registered Tangible Cultural Property (structure) on February 14, 2002. It faces east onto the old highway (Agency for Cultural Affairs).

The Agency for Cultural Affairs records it as a two-storey timber building with a tiled roof and a building area of 94 square metres; registration number 04-0038, owned by Nagata Jozo Co., Ltd. Oimatsu Nagata Brewery is a long-established miso and soy sauce maker in central Watari, whose shop, main house and Inari shrine hall were all registered on February 14, 2002 (Agency for Cultural Affairs).

Why It Was Registered

The Oimatsu Nagata Brewery Shop was registered as a building that would be difficult to reproduce. The Agency for Cultural Affairs points to the namako-kabe tilework of the upper front, the brackets of the small pent roof, the double doors and the built-up ridge, all of solid construction.

What to Look For

The Oimatsu Nagata Brewery Shop is gabled (Kirizuma-zukuri) with pantiles, entered on the long side, with a lean-to canopy. Of its length, four bays to the south form the shop and two bays to the north a storehouse wing (Agency for Cultural Affairs), shop and store side by side under one roof.

The upper front is clad in Namako-kabe, black tiles jointed with raised white plaster, with bracketed pent roofs, hinged double doors and a built-up tiled ridge giving it weight (Agency for Cultural Affairs). From the street, the trellis pattern of the tilework catches the eye.

Visiting the Oimatsu Nagata Brewery Shop

We found no official information on visits to the Oimatsu Nagata Brewery Shop. Opening hours and the address are on the Oimatsu Nagata Brewery page.