Arched Windows on a Hirano Arcade
The Kobayashi Newspaper Store and Residence (小林新聞舗店舗兼住宅) is a combined shop and house of 1929 in Hiranohonmachi, Hirano Ward, Osaka City, Osaka Prefecture, and was registered as a Registered Tangible Cultural Property (structure) on July 31, 2007 (Agency for Cultural Affairs).
The Agency records a two-storey reinforced concrete shop joined to a single-storey timber house, with tiled roofs and a building area of 142 square metres; registration number 27-0423.
A Shop on a Covered Shopping Street
The Kobayashi Newspaper Store and Residence faces north onto a covered shopping street (Agency for Cultural Affairs). A two-storey reinforced concrete shop is joined at the back to a single-storey timber house.
The shop entrance is a little west of centre, and a door at the east end leads into the earth-floored passage of the house, both under small canopies (Agency for Cultural Affairs). Pilasters divide the front into four bays, and pairs of arched window frames on the upper floor give it its character.
Why It Was Registered
The Agency registered it as a model of design, a shop-house with a front composed of pilasters and arched window frames.
What to Look For
Notice the pairs of arched window frames upstairs and the pilasters dividing the front (Agency for Cultural Affairs).
Visiting
No official information on access to the interior was found. The front can be seen from the shopping street.
Q&A
- When was the Kobayashi Newspaper Store built?
- In 1929 (Agency for Cultural Affairs).
- How is the Kobayashi Newspaper Store built?
- A concrete two-storey shop with a timber house behind it.
- What should I look for at the Kobayashi Newspaper Store?
- The arched window frames and pilasters of the front.
- Where is the Kobayashi Newspaper Store?
- On a shopping street in Hirano, Osaka.
- When was the Kobayashi Newspaper Store and Residence registered?
- On July 31, 2007 (Agency for Cultural Affairs).
Basic Information
| Name | Kobayashi Newspaper Store and Residence (小林新聞舗店舗兼住宅) |
|---|---|
| Location | 4-12-3 Hiranohonmachi, Hirano Ward, Osaka City, Osaka Prefecture |
| Designation | Registered Tangible Cultural Property (Structure) |
| Year Designated | Registered 2007/07/31 (Heisei 19) |
| Quantity | 1 building |
| Dimensions | Two-storey reinforced concrete and single-storey timber, tiled roofs, 142 m² |
| Owner | Not listed in the Agency database |
| Public Access | No official information on interior access |
References
- Kobayashi Newspaper Store and Residence (Database of National Cultural Properties, Agency for Cultural Affairs)
- https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/101/00006291
Last verified: 2026.10.16