Edo
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Tucked into the historic streets of Makabe in Sakuragawa City, Ibaraki, the Kawashima Clothing Store Storehouse is a Registered Tangible Cultural Property built in the late Edo period (circa 1830 to 1867). Combining white plaster walls, battened weatherboarding, and gracefully wave-plastered eaves, this small but exquisite dozo storehouse offers a window into the craftsmanship of Japan's late Edo masters. Explore it as part of Makabe's Important Preservation District for Groups of Traditional Buildings.
The Kimura Family Residence Main House in Makabe, Sakuragawa City, is a clay-walled dwelling of 79 square meters, rebuilt by 1853 after fire and registered in 2000.
The Kimura Family Residence Misegura in Makabe, Sakuragawa City, is a 66 square meter clay-walled shop, the earliest raised after the 1837 fire, registered in 2000.
The Kimura Family Residence Gate in Makabe, Sakuragawa City, is a wooden yakuimon 2.4 meters wide, built about 1853 and listed in 2002 for its role in the street.
An 1848 farmhouse in Chikusei City, Ibaraki, built for a village headman: 31 meters across, 401 square meters, with a formal shikidai entrance. Registered in 2016.
An 1859 storehouse on Nakajo-dori in Tsuchiura, Ibaraki, that held the shop's stock of kimono cloth. It turns its gable to the street and covers 50 square meters.
A late Edo townhouse on the corner of Nakajo-dori in Tsuchiura, Ibaraki, with earthen walls, a tile roof and an unusually tall upper floor over 74 square meters.
An 1842 storehouse behind the Daitoku shopfront in Tsuchiura, Ibaraki, the oldest of the 5 registered buildings there. It covers 20 square meters under a tile roof.
A late-Edo farmhouse at Yoshise in Tsukuba, jacked up and turned to face east about 1886. Four-room plan, a formal shikidai entrance, deep segai eaves. Listed 2015.
The Kotabe Foundry Main House in Sakuragawa, Ibaraki is a late Edo dwelling of 9 by 5 ken. Home to bell casters for 37 generations, it was registered in 2001.
An earthen-walled storehouse on a Koga crossroads, dated by an ink inscription to 1863 and moved here from Koga Castle after its abolition. Registered in 2000.
The smallest and reputedly oldest of the six registered storehouses in a Koga merchant compound, dated only to the middle Edo period. Registered in 2000.
An 1858 storehouse in a Koga merchant compound, part-finished in black plaster and said to have been built as relief work. Registered in 2000, now a display room.
A late Edo storehouse said to have been moved here from Koga Castle and reopened as a shop, keeping its dense post spacing and exposed beams. Registered in 2000.
Built in 1810 on Kujiragaoka ridge in Hitachiota, this earthen-walled merchant shop still trades as a bookshop, its earth floor under a ceiling of Western arches.
Discover Chōjiya Store and Residence in Ishioka, Ibaraki — a late-Edo indigo dye shop that survived the 1929 Great Fire and now welcomes visitors as the cultural lounge "Machikura Ai" on the historic Nakamachi shopping street.
Located in the Makabe district of Sakuragawa City, Ibaraki, the Tsuchiya Family Residence Storehouse is a small two-storey earthen warehouse from the late Edo period, said to have been built as a relief construction project after the Tenpo-era typhoon of 1833. Registered as a National Tangible Cultural Property in 2003, its just-29-square-metre footprint packs in superb craftsmanship — namako-kabe walls, heavy kannon-bira doors, and plastered eaves — and offers a perfect introduction to Makabe's preserved historic townscape.
The Numajiri main house in Kaneda, Tsukuba, is a late-Edo thatched farmhouse (1751-1829). Its four-room plan and wide southern aisle mark a regional house type.
The Nemoto Clinic Gate in Makabe, Sakuragawa City, Ibaraki Prefecture, is a nationally registered tangible cultural property dating from the Bunsei era (1818–1830). Standing along historic Shimojuku Street in a town with over 100 registered cultural properties, this elegant korai-mon gate offers visitors a window into Edo-period architectural traditions and merchant culture. Discover its history, architectural significance, and the surrounding attractions of this remarkably preserved townscape.
The shop storehouse of the Buyu brewery in Yuki, Ibaraki. From the late Edo era, it is the town's oldest surviving misegura. A Registered Tangible Cultural Property.