A Refined Retirement House on the Mitsuke Post Road
The Sagisaka Family Residence (Tsuruya Honten) Retirement House (匂阪家住宅（鶴屋本店）隠居部屋) is the retirement house of a miso and soy sauce maker of 1923 in Mitsuke, Iwata City, Shizuoka Prefecture, and was registered as a Registered Tangible Cultural Property (structure) on March 6, 2024 (Agency for Cultural Affairs).
The Agency records a two-storey timber building with a tiled roof and a building area of 49 square metres; registration number 22-0328.
A Retirement House in the Mitsuke Post Town
The Retirement House of the Sagisaka Family Residence (Tsuruya Honten) stands midway along the old Mitsuke post town, facing east onto the street: the retirement house of a family of miso and soy sauce makers, joined on the north to a storehouse (Agency for Cultural Affairs). It is a two-storey pantiled block running north-south, with its entrance towards the south end of the east front.
Both floors have suites of formal rooms, each wrapped by a veranda on the south-west (Agency for Cultural Affairs).
Why It Was Registered
The Agency calls it a modern Japanese-style house with refined touches such as the lattice window of the flat shoin desk alcove, and registered it as a model of design.
What to Look For
Look for the lattice window in the flat shoin alcove and the verandas on the south-west (Agency for Cultural Affairs).
Visiting
The two buildings are introduced together on the Sagisaka Family Residence page. No official visiting information was found.
Q&A
- When was it built?
- In 1923 (Agency for Cultural Affairs).
- Whose house was it?
- The retirement house of a miso and soy sauce maker.
- What is the interior like?
- Suites of formal rooms with refined details on both floors.
- Where is it?
- In the old Mitsuke post town, Iwata City, Shizuoka Prefecture.
- When was the Sagisaka Family Residence (Tsuruya Honten) Retirement House registered?
- On March 6, 2024 (Agency for Cultural Affairs).
Basic Information
| Name | Sagisaka Family Residence (Tsuruya Honten) Retirement House (匂阪家住宅（鶴屋本店）隠居部屋) |
|---|---|
| Location | 3497 Mitsuke, Iwata City, Shizuoka Prefecture |
| Designation | Registered Tangible Cultural Property (Structure) |
| Year Designated | Registered 2024/03/06 (Reiwa 6) |
| Quantity | 1 building |
| Dimensions | Two-storey timber, tiled roof, 49 m² |
| Owner | Not listed in the Agency database |
| Public Access | No official visiting information |
References
- Sagisaka Family Residence (Tsuruya Honten) Retirement House (Database of National Cultural Properties, Agency for Cultural Affairs)
- https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/101/00014833
Last verified: 2026.10.21
