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Nationally designated Important Cultural Property, The Iwase Residence

Viewing of the old rich inside of the house is available.

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The largest 5-story house in Japan with a rafter roof, which took 8 years to build about 300 years ago. The residence is an important building inheriting the architectural style at that time, and is designated as a Nationally designated Important Cultural Property.

The Iwase family was an old family and played a role in sending niter, a material of gunpowder, to the Kaga clan, and the house was used for a government housing for officials during the Edo period, zelkova trees are used affluently to design the inside of the house, which should be recommended to see.
The house is 26.4 m wide, 12.7 m long, and 14.4 m high and was built using rope and a plant “neso” to bind without iron such as nail and metal materials. In a semi 5-story structure, the first and second floors were living rooms, the third and fifth floors were used as workplaces for sericulture. The floorboard upstairs has a watermark to get the heat smoothly from “Irori (a fireside on the first floor)”.

The tour is currently available to view the patriarch’s room, study, room for hiding warrior guards, as well as attic, and garden. It is going to be an interesting experience to talk with the current family head at the fireplace while feeling the warmth of the fire.

The house with a rafter roof called “Gassho-zukuri” is an architectural style traditionally inherited in deep- snow districts in Japan. The steep roof is characteristic and looks like joining one’s hands when giving prayers.

Highlights

  • The largest 5-story house in Japan with a rafter roof is open to the public.
  • The local specialty and folkcraft goods of Gokayama are on sale at a shop.

Photos

  • A total of 36 members lived in this house until the Meiji period.

    A total of 36 members lived in this house until the Meiji period.

  • The fireside is still used to make a blazing fire.

    The fireside is still used to make a blazing fire.

  • The upstairs floors were used as workplaces for sericulture.

    The upstairs floors were used as workplaces for sericulture.

  • The steep gradients of the roof are found easily from the direction of Gable.

    The steep gradients of the roof are found easily from the direction of Gable.

  • After a long time of winter, spring has come to the Iwase residence.

    After a long time of winter, spring has come to the Iwase residence.

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  • 夕樹舞子

    參觀深入了解後才知道,原來早期人們在困苦環境中如何尋求生存方式。

Details

Name in Japanese
国指定重要文化財 岩瀬家
Postal Code
939-1977
Address
857-1 Nishiakaomachi, Nanto City, Toyama
Telephone
0763-67-3338
Holiday
Thursdays (the following day if it falls on a national holiday)
Hours
9:00am-5:00pm. December-March: 9:00am-4:00pm
Admission
Adults: 300 yen Elementary and junior high schoolers: 150 yen
Ⅾirections
From the Shin-Takaoka station, get on at the World Heritage Bus and get off at the Nishiakaomachi station.
Credit Cards
Not accepted (in preparation)
Official Website
Official Website (Japanese)