Former Takada Agricultural Warehouse East Storehouse

The East Range of the Takada Warehouses

The Former Takada Agricultural Warehouse East Storehouse (旧高田農業倉庫東蔵) is a clay-walled agricultural warehouse of the early Showa period in Shinmachi, Bungotakada City, Oita Prefecture, and was registered as a Registered Tangible Cultural Property (structure) on April 28, 2010 (Agency for Cultural Affairs).

The Agency records a single-storey clay-walled storehouse with a tile roof and a building area of 626 square metres; registration number 44-0178.

A Hipped Store with Three Roof Lanterns

The Former Takada Agricultural Warehouse East Storehouse stands on the east side of the site and faces west (Agency for Cultural Affairs). It has a hipped roof (Yosemune-zukuri) over a plan 40 metres long and 12 metres deep, with a lean-to (Geya) 4.3 metres deep along the west side.

Inside, it is divided into three roughly square rooms, and the roof carries three raised ridge vents (Koshi-yane), one over each room. The roof frame is a queen post truss (Agency for Cultural Affairs).

Why It Was Registered

The Agency values its sheer weight and mass as part of a large group of agricultural warehouses, and registered it as a structure contributing to the historic landscape of the country. The Former Takada Agricultural Warehouse East Storehouse became a Registered Tangible Cultural Property on April 28, 2010, together with the North Storehouse and the North Small Storehouse.

What to Look For

Step back from the Former Takada Agricultural Warehouse East Storehouse to read its roof: three raised vents sit on the long hipped roof, so the three-room plan inside shows from outside.

The west lean-to is 4.3 metres deep, deeper than the one on the North Storehouse. Compare the two fronts and you can see how the warehouse group varies orientation and roof form.

Visiting

In the regional revitalization plan Bungotakada City submitted to the Cabinet Office, the Former Takada Agricultural Warehouse East Storehouse is described as housing the Dagashiya no Yume Museum, a collection of about 60,000 sweet-shop toys gathered by its director Hironobu Komiya. Entry is by a two-venue ticket (900 yen for adults) or a three-venue ticket (1,200 yen) (Bungotakada City). No official guidance on photography was found.