Kanagawa Regional Village

15. THE KITAMURA HOUSE

THE KITAMURA HOUSE

An Important Cultural Property of Japan


  • Original location:
  • Horiyamashita, Hadano City, Kanagawa Prefecture
  • Type of building:
  • Farmhouse (nanushi/village headman’s house)
  • Form:
  • Hipped Roof of thatch
    Length (parallel to ridge): 15.6 m
    Width: 8.9m
  • Built:
  • 1687

HUT FOR STORING FIREWOOD

住宅正面

An Important Cultural Property of Kawasaki City


  • Original location:
  • Ikuta, Tama Ward, Kawasaki City, Kanagawa Prefecture
  • Type of building:
  • Farm outbuilding
  • Form:
  • Gabled roof of cedar-bark
    Pent roof/aisle on one side
    Length (parallel to ridge): 3.6 m
    Width: 2.7 m
  • Built:
  • Around 1924

16. THE KIYOMIYA HOUSE

THE KIYOMIYA HOUSE

An Important Cultural Property of Kanagawa Prefecture


  • Original location:
  • Noborito,Tama Ward, Kawasaki City, Kanagawa Prefecture
  • Type of building:
  • Farmhouse
  • Form:
  • Hipped roof of thatch
    Length (parallel to ridge): 13.6 m
    Width: 8.2 m
  • Built:
  • Latter half of the 17th century

17. THE ITŌ HOUSE

THE ITŌ HOUSE

An Important Cultural Property of Japan


  • Original location:
  • Kanahodo, Asao Ward, Kawasaki City, Kanagawa Prefecture
  • Type of building:
  • Farmhouse (nanushi/village headman’s house)
  • Form:
  • Half-hipped roof of thatch
    Length (parallel to ridge): 16.4 m
    Width: 9.1 m
  • Built:
  • Late 17th ~ early 18th century

18. KOKAGESAN SHRINE

KOKEGESAN SHRINE

An Important Cultural Property of Kawasaki City


  • Original location:
  • Okagami, Asao Ward, Kawasaki City, Kanagawa Prefecture (In the precincts of Tōkōin-Temple)
  • Type of building:
  • Shrine and protective covering building
  • Form:
  • The shrine – One bay shingled gable-entry (Kasuga Style) building, with a cusped gable (Ikkensha, Kasugazukuri, mukai-karahafu, kokera buki)
    The covering building – Thatched roof, half-hipped at front, hipped at rear
    Length (parallel to ridge): 4.6 m, Width: 2.7 m
  • Built:
  • 1863 (Inscription on a wooden tablet nailed to the rear wall of the shrine)

19. THE IWASAWA HOUSE

THE IWASAWA HOUSE

An Important Cultural Property of Kanagawa Prefecture


  • Original location:
  • Susugaya, Kiyokawa Village, Aikō County, Kanagawa Prefecture
  • Type of Building:
  • Farmhouse (nanushi / village headman’s house)
  • Form:
  • Half-hipped roof of thatch
    Length (parallel to the ridge): 14.5 m, Width: 7.3 m
  • Built:
  • Late 17th Century

21. FERRYMAN’S HUT

FERRYMAN’S HUT

An Important Cultural Property of Kawasaki City


  • Original Location:
  • Suge, Tama Ward, Kawasaki City, Kanagawa Prefecture
  • Type of Building:
  • Ferryman’s hut
  • Form:
  • Gabled roof of Japanese cedar bark shingles
    Length (parallel to ridge): 1.8 m
    Width: 1.8 m
  • Built:
  • 1929