Misoya Annex

Misoya Annex

The Misoya Annex (みそや別館) in Hashimoto, Hashimoto City, Wakayama Prefecture, is the house of a kimono shop on the Ise Kaido road whose main house of 1884, mid-Meiji Kamigura storehouse and detached room, and Shimogura storehouse of 1808 were registered as Registered Tangible Cultural Properties on February 17, 2004 (Agency for Cultural Affairs).

According to Wakayama Prefecture, Misoya began making miso in Hashimoto in 1495 and opened as a kimono merchant under the shop name Misoya in 1865.

The Three Properties

The main house faces south onto the Ise Kaido, with roofs laid in a U shape around a courtyard in its west half; its gently curved roof and lattice-like upper windows create the look of a Kyoto townhouse (Agency for Cultural Affairs).

Behind it stands a building that joins the Kamigura, a gable-entry tool store with double clay doors bearing the shop mark, to a sukiya-style detached room on the west. Further west, the Shimogura is a small storehouse once used for miso or tools, carefully made with rafters plastered over in waves (Agency for Cultural Affairs). Each property is described on its own page.

Visiting

No official information on public access was found.