Strolling among shops, a public bath and a bar in this zone, you will enjoy the atmosphere of a downtown area of the olden days. Old goods and tools are displayed inside the restored buildings.
E1 | Farmhouse of the Tenmyo Family (Collection of the former Musashino Folklore Museum) Tangible Cultural Property designated by the City of Koganei |
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The Tenmyo family administered Unoki Village (now Ota Ward) in the Edo period (1603-1867). The high status of the family is evident in elements of the architectural style, such as the roof with a chidori gable, the nagaya gate, and the dry-style garden.
E2 | “Kodera” Soy Sauce Shop |
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This shop was established in Shirokane, Minato Ward in the Taisho period, and sold soybean paste, soy sauce and liquor. The main feature of the building is its protruding beam style (dashigeta-zukuri), the round eaves purlin supported by brackets.
E3 | Bar “Kagiya” (Collection of the former Musashino Folklore Museum) |
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This bar used to be on Kototoi Street in Shitaya, Taito Ward. It is said to have been built in 1856 and to have survived the earthquake and the Second World War. The building and its interior have been restored to their appearance around 1970.
E4 | Public bathhouse “Kodakara-yu” |
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This is a typical Tokyo public bath. It has luxurious features such as a large Chinese-style gable like those used for temples and shrines, carvings of the seven gods of good luck above the entrance, and a lattice ceiling in the dressing room.
E5 | Tailor’s workshop |
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This is a merchant-style house with protruding beam style (dashigeta-zukuri), a round eaves purlin, which was built in present Mukogaoka, Bunkyo Ward in the early Meiji period (1868-1912). The workplace of a tailor of the Taisho period is reproduced inside.
E6 | Stationery store “Takei Sanshodo” |
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This stationery shop was established in the early Meiji period (1868-1912). It first sold calligraphy goods wholesale, and later started selling retail. The building was built after the earthquake year. It is built in the kanban (signboard) style, featuring a front wall covered with tiles and a characteristic roof.
E7 | “Hanaichi” Flower Shop |
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This flower shop was built in the kanban (signboard) style in the early Showa period, and its front is decorated in a graceful style suitable for a florist. The interior is a reproduction of a flower shop in the 1950s.
E8 | Police Box at the Mansei Bridge |
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It is assumed from the design and architectural style of this building that it was constructed in the Meiji Period (1868-1912). Its formal name is Sudacho Police Box. Once located by Mansei-bashi Bridge, it was moved in one piece using a trailer truck.
E9 | House of Uemura |
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The front wall covered with copper plates is a feature of the kanban (signboard) style. The exterior was constructed in the Western style, but the second-floor part is in the Japanese style.
E10 | “Maruni Shoten” Kitchenware Store |
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This is a household goods store built in the early Showa period (1926-1989). It features a front wall covered in small copper plates ingeniously combined. The interior is a reproduction of how the shop was in the 1930s. Tenement houses have been moved to the back of the shop to produce the street atmosphere that existed in those days.
E11 | Cosmetic Manufacturer “Murakami Seikado” |
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This is a cosmetics shop that used to stand on Shinobazu Street in Ikenohata, Taito Ward. In the early Showa period (1926-1989), it sold cosmetics such as nourishing cream, camellia cosmetic oil and perfume, both wholesale and retail. The facade is decorated in a very modern style and covered by artificial stones with washout treatment and Ionic columns.
E12 | “Kawano Shoten” Oil-paper Umbrella Wholesale Store |
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This was a wholesale store selling Japanese-style umbrellas, built in Koiwa, Edogawa Ward, when umbrella manufacturing was a thriving industry. The interior shows the shop of an umbrella wholesaler around 1930.
E13 | “Yamatoya Store” Grocery Store |
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This is a wooden, three-story structure built in 1928 in Shirokanedai, Minato Ward. It is a rare, special building featuring the disproportionately tall facade of kanban (signboard) architecture and traditional protruding beams (dashigeta-zukuri), on the third floor. Aspects of the pre-war grocery store are duplicated inside.
E13 | Mantoku Inn |
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The Mantoku Inn was located in Nishiwakecho, Ome City, on the southern side of the Ome highway. The building was recreated here in close to its original form, while the interior is from the 1950s, when the facility still thrived as a hotel.
Reconstructed Buildings
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