This extraordinary kominka—a traditional Japanese farmhouse—sits within walled grounds of around 13,000 square feet in Kawanishi City. The main house dates to the first half of the 19th century and was designated a Registered Tangible Cultural Property by the Japanese government in 2019—a status that brings tax reductions of up to 50% and access to low-interest loans for maintenance and repairs.
The house is built in the tsushi-nikai style—a single story with attic space tucked beneath a gabled ceramic-tiled roof. Seven rooms look out over the garden, enclosed on all sides by traditional rammed-earth walls that have defined the estate’s boundaries for nearly two centuries.
The estate includes several additional structures. A rare L-shaped gatehouse dating in part to 1863 has been converted into a gallery and irori hearth room, a traditional open hearth set into the floor. A two-story kura storehouse, built to be fireproof and secure, stands on a granite foundation. A separate tea ceremony pavilion features a hinoki cypress soaking bath—the fragrant wood traditionally used in Japanese bathhouses.
Hyogo lies in the heart of the Kansai region of western Japan, where the region’s ancient cities give way to inland valleys and traditional rural communities. Tada Station on the Nose Electric Railway is eight minutes on foot, with connections to central Osaka in under an hour. From Osaka, the bullet train network connects to Tokyo and beyond.
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