A Postwar Tabi Shop at a Ginza Crossing
The Ginza Onoya Shop and Main House (銀座大野屋店舗兼主屋) is a tabi sock shop of 1951 in Ginza, Chuo Ward, Tokyo, and was registered as a Registered Tangible Cultural Property (structure) on March 13, 2025 (Agency for Cultural Affairs).
The Agency records a timber building, single-storey with a two-storey part, with a sheet-metal roof, covering 39 square metres, altered in the late Showa period and in 2001; registration number 13-0517.
A Tabi Shop on a Five-Sided Plot
The Ginza Onoya Shop and Main House is a shop selling tabi, the split-toe socks worn with kimono, at the crossing of Showa-dori and Harumi-dori in Ginza (Agency for Cultural Affairs).
On a five-sided plan that follows its cut-corner plot, a single-storey shop and a two-storey workshop and home stand side by side in an irregular arrangement; the front keeps its show window and the inside its counting desk (Agency for Cultural Affairs).
Why It Was Registered
The Agency registered it for its contribution to the historic landscape, a rare timber commercial building that conveys Ginza just after the wartime destruction.
What to Look For
Look for the shopfront shaped to the five-sided plot and the show window at the front (Agency for Cultural Affairs).
Visiting
No official information on the shop's business was found. The building can be seen from the crossing.
Q&A
- When was the Ginza Onoya shop built?
- In 1951 (Agency for Cultural Affairs).
- What does Ginza Onoya sell?
- Tabi, the split-toe socks worn with kimono.
- Where is it?
- At the crossing of Showa-dori and Harumi-dori in Ginza.
- Why is it valuable?
- It conveys Ginza just after the wartime destruction.
- When was the Ginza Onoya Shop and Main House registered?
- On March 13, 2025 (Agency for Cultural Affairs).
Basic Information
| Name | Ginza Onoya Shop and Main House (銀座大野屋店舗兼主屋) |
|---|---|
| Location | 5-chome Ginza (Lot 202-13), Chuo Ward, Tokyo |
| Designation | Registered Tangible Cultural Property (Structure) |
| Year Designated | Registered 2025/03/13 (Reiwa 7) |
| Quantity | 1 building |
| Dimensions | Timber, single storey with 2-storey part, sheet-metal roof, 39 m² |
| Owner | Not listed in the Agency database |
| Public Access | Shop business not confirmed |
References
- Ginza Onoya Shop and Main House (Database of National Cultural Properties, Agency for Cultural Affairs)
- https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/101/00015296
Last verified: 2026.10.17