Post Town

1. THE SUZUKI HOUSE

THE SUZUKI HOUSE

An Important Cultural Property of Kanagawa Prefecture


  • Original location:
  • Matsukawa-machi, Fukushima City, Fukushima Prefecture (formerly Hacchome Post Town on the Oshu Highway)
  • Type of building:
  • Inn (for horse dealers)
  • Form:
  • Front part -Hipped roof of thatch, partly two storeys
    Length (parallel to ridge): 10.6 m, Width: 6.9 m
    Rear part -Half-hipped roof of thatch, single storey
    Length (parallel to ridge): 10.4 m, Width: 5.2 m
    Stable (under hisashi) Width: 2.0 meters
    Both front and rear ranges have shingled pent roofs (hisashi)
  • Built:
  • Early 19th century

2. THE IOKA HOUSE

THE IOKA HOUSE

An Important Cultural Property of Kanagawa Prefecture


  • Original location:
  • Takabatake-chō, Nara City, Nara Prefecture
  • Type of building:
  • Merchant’s house
  • Form:
  • Gabled roof of pantiles, partly two storeys
    Pent roof (hisashi) across front and along part of one side
    Length (parallel to ridge):7.9 m
    Width:12.7 m
  • Built:
  • Late 17th~early 18th century

3. THE SAJI HOUSE GATE

THE SAJI HOUSE GATE

An Important Cultural Property of Kawasaki City


  • Original location:
  • Shirakabe, Higashi Ward, Nagoya City, Aichi Prefecture
  • Type of Building:
  • Ancillary building to a samurai house
  • Form:
  • Munekado (roofed gate), single storey with a roof of pantiles
    Wall -Total length: 10.5 m with a roof of pantiles
    Waiting room-Single storey with a half-hipped roof of pantiles
    Length (parallel to ridge): 9.2 m
    Width: 4.6 m
  • Built:
  • Early 19th century

4. THE MISAWA HOUSE

THE MISAWA HOUSE

An Important Cultural Property of Kanagawa Prefecture


  • Original location:
  • Nishi-machi, Ina City, Nagano Prefecture
  • Type of building:
  • Merchant’s house (wholesale pharmacy and inn)
  • Form:
  • Partly 2 storeys, with a gabled roof of shingles weighted with stones and a hisashi at the rear
    Length (parallel to ridge): 13.6 m
    Width: 12.7 m
    Pantiled gate in front & wall with shingle roof
  • Built:
  • Mid 19th century