Registered tangible cultural property (building)Odagaki Shoten Shop

Registration Date:2007.10.02

Odagaki Shoten Shop

Odagaki Shoten Workshop

Former Odagaki Shoten Sake Brewery

Odagaki Residence Detached Building

Odagaki Residence Restroom & Bath Building

Odagaki Residence Tea Room

Odagaki Residence Reception Room

Odagaki Residence Storehouse

Odagaki Residence Miso Storehouse

Odagaki Residence Outer Wall

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We are a long-established wholesale and retail store of beans established in 1734 in Tanba Sasayama, Hyogo Prefecture. At the main store, we offer a wide variety of products made from Tanbaguro soybeans and Tanba Dainagon azuki beans, and at the adjoining cafe, Odagaki Mamedo, you can enjoy sweets and light meals made from a variety of delicious Tanba ingredients while looking out over the stone garden called "Mamedo. In order to deliver safe, tasty, and high quality products to our customers, we will continue to work hand in hand with the producers and strive for the development of sustainable agriculture.

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Description

Odagaki Shoten Workshop

Located on the east side to the back of the Odagaki Shoten shop building, this building has a roof that runs east to west at its highest point, with a length of about 9.7 meters and a width of about 8.8 meters. The roof is made with a “Kirizuma-zukuri” shape (a mountain shape resembling an open book laid pages-down). Its frame is built with a series of tall posts and long beams, with a partial second floor and roof windows on the south side overhanging the west side to the south. The workshop consists of a series of large spaces connected to the store. Judging by the layout and the tall frame, the building would be ideal for storing sake barrels, and it is speculated that it was already in use as early as the middle of the Meiji Era (1868-1912). The rooms on the south side were probably for the "Toji" (master brewers) and other workers.

Former Odagaki Shoten Sake Brewery

This building is located on the east side of the workshop, and has a length of 6.8 meters and a width of 11 meters. It is connected to the workshop by a shared roof. The wall on the west side of the workshop has the appearance of an exterior wall despite being indoors, which indicates that this building existed before the workshop. A large well with a depth of 9 meters is located in the southwest part of the building, with the rice washing room next to it, another room in the northwest corner, and the cauldron room in the northeast corner. There are two pillars independent from the frame aligned north to south, with angled beams hung diagonally in the same direction as the roof. This building, along with the workshop, remains part of the sake brewery facility that still operates today.

Odagaki Shoten Shop

Constructed around 1751, this building faces the old Kyokaido Road (a key transportation route connecting Kyoto), which runs through the central commercial district to the east of Sasayama Castle. The main building is 15 meters in length and 12 meters wide. The roof has a “Kirizuma-zukuri” roof shape (a mountain shape resembling an open book laid pages-down), and the building is a wooden structure with a “Hirairi” entrance (an entrance on the side the roof slopes) and a second floor with a low ceiling. Inside, the northern half of the building has an earthen floor, and the passageway is paved with "Machiya" stones so that it can be used to transport goods. It still maintains its appearance as a large "Machiya" building that forms the core of the landscape of the old Kyokaido Road.
The site where Odagaki Shoten is located was originally where the brewery operated, and the shop was also used for that purpose. By the early 1960s , Odagaki Shoten took over the building, and it is still in use today as a shop that primarily sells products made with black soybeans from Tamba. The building underwent a renovation in April 2021, at which time the cafe "Odagaki Mamedo" opened for business.

Odagaki Residence Detached Building

This building was built in 1914 for residential use on the south side of the site. From the entrance at the west end, there is a 20 square meter guest room wing and a two-story parlor wing. The interior of the guest room wing is designed in the Western style, while the exterior walls are covered with split bamboo and the upper part has a Japanese-style appearance with iron powder applied to the walls to give them a rusty appearance. The parlor wing consists of two 10 square meter rooms connected on both the first and second floors. It is a space that shows the development of Odagaki Shoten. Although it is relatively new among these important cultural properties, it is a valuable building that passes on Japanese architectural styles to the present day.

Odagaki Residence Restroom & Bath Building

Located to the east of the tea room, this building has a roof designed with its highest point, the ridge, running east to west and a “Kirizuma-zukuri” shape (a mountain shape resembling an open book laid pages-down). The restroom is on the north side and the bath building is on the south side, with a corridor with a "Funazoko" ceiling (the central part is higher than both ends and the ceiling slopes downward on the sides to make the room appear larger) between them. The bath building is comprised of a changing area two tatami mats (approx. 3.3 square meters) in size and a bathing room. The ceiling of the changing room is made of "Ajiro-gumi" (bamboo or cedar bark stitched together horizontally and vertically), while the bathing room's ceiling is made in the "Sukiya" style (a style used in the construction of tea rooms). These rooms are connected to the detached building by a corridor.
Although it is a relatively new building among Odagaki Shoten’s important cultural properties, it is important for the way it passes on Japanese architectural styles to the present day.

Odagaki Residence Tea Room

This building was moved to a location directly adjacent to the detached building around the end of the Meiji Era (1868-1912). It has a length of 5 meters, a width of 4.1 meters, and a “Yosemune-zukuri” roof (one that slopes in four directions with its ridge, the highest point, running north to south). There is a “Mizuya” (place for washing tea utensils) about 5 square meters in size next to a roughly 8 square meter tea room, and an “En” (wooden-floored corridor on the outside of the building) on the west side. On the east side there is a roughly 3 meter "Toko" (special place to display decorations) with “Tokowaki” (with features such as shelves installed in the Toko) in it. On the south side there is a “Nijiriguchi” (a small entrance made especially for guests), a feature unique to tea rooms. The west side of the building has "Koshitsuki Akarishoji" (sliding doors covered with paper to let in light and a boarded-up lower portion). The building overlooks a garden owned by Odagaki Shoten, and is important for conveying Japanese architectural styles to the present day.

Odagaki Residence Reception Room

This is a single-story wooden building with a length of about 4.4 meters and a width of about 3.0 meters, located to the south of the shop building with a “Tsubo-niwa” (small quasi-indoor garden) inside. The roof is designed with its ridge (highest point) running east to west, and with a “Kirizuma-zukuri” shape (a mountain shape resembling an open book laid pages-down). It is connected by an “En” (wooden-floored corridor on the outside of the building) to the north and by a corridor to the west which leads to the shop building. The interior of the building is a 10 square meter space with a "Toko" (special place to display decorations) built in the "Sukiya" style (architecture that incorporates concepts used in tea rooms). This building is one of the most valuable in terms of preserving Japanese architectural style today.

Odagaki Residence Storehouse

Built directly adjacent to the miso storehouse on its south side, this building is a two-story “Dozo-zukuri” (a fireproof building made of wood and thickly coated with mud) 7.8 meters in length and 4.9 meters in width, which has been used for storing household goods since its construction. The thatched roof is covered with round tiles, designed with its ridge (highest point) running north to south, and it has a “Kirizuma-zukuri” shape (a mountain shape resembling an open book laid pages-down). On the first floor, on the west side a bit to the north, there is a doorway with “Geya-hisashi” (eaves installed separately from the roof) over it. The exterior walls are covered with white plaster, and the hut is supported by the main building with a system of crossing planks on beams. All the wood on the interior is finished with a plane. It is estimated that this building was constructed in the first half of the Meiji Era (1868-1912).

Odagaki Residence Miso Storehouse

Built directly adjacent to the workshop on its south side, this building is a two-story “Dozo-zukuri” (a fireproof building made of wood and thickly coated with mud) 2.9 meters in length and 3.7 meters in width. The roof is designed with its ridge (highest point) running north to south, and with a “Kirizuma-zukuri” shape (a mountain shape resembling an open book laid pages-down). It was built by the end of the Edo Period (1603-1867), and is presumed to have been used as a miso storehouse from the time of its construction. The building underwent a renovation in April 2021 in conjunction with the revamping of the main shop building, and is now used exclusively as the restroom for the cafe “Odagaki Mamedo".

Odagaki Residence Outer Wall

This wooden wall is 21.4 meters long and 2.75 meters high, extending from the southwest corner of the shop building to the south, with a "Niwamon" ("garden gate") with a tiled roof near the center. The exterior of the wall is covered with 16 centimeter-wide vertical boards on the lower 1.6 m portion, while the upper portion is covered with earthen walls with a plaster "Hainonaka" finish unique to the Tamba-Sasayama region. In estimating the time of its construction, since the Odagaki residence's detached building, built in 1914, has an entrance that took the design of the wall's Niwamon into consideration, it can be determined that the wall was not built later than that. It is a valuable structure that still conveys the scenery of the city of years gone by in the present day.

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Cultural property information

【Opening hours】

Main store 9:30 ~ 17:30 Cafe Odagaki Mamido 11:00 ~ 17:00 (LO 16:00)

【Closing day】

Odagaki Mamedo: Thursdays (or the following weekday if it is a national holiday), Year-end and New Year's holidays Main store: Year-end and New Year's holidays only

【Fee】

free

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