Samurai AKITA - Tazawako Kakunodate TRAVEL GUIDE

Culture and Experience

Kakunodate
Kakunodate

Kakunodate samurai residence street

Iwahashike

岩橋家(いわはしけ)

Akita Prefecture designated historic site

In Ashina's senior statesmen, after Mr. Ashina was extinct is the pedigree who served in Satake north house.
House is remodeled in the late Edo period, it became the roof from thatch in its current form is changed into a tree feather roofing. As the mansion of Intermediate samurai of Kakunodate, it has left the typical forms, such as the floor plan. Oak tree is estimated to be 300 years before and after the old is the symbol of this house.

Movie "The Twilight Samurai" shooting location

Detailed Information

Street address
Yubinbango014-0325 Akita Prefecture Semboku City Kakunodate Higashikatsurakucho 3-1
Street address(Japanese)
〒014-0325 秋田県仙北市角館町東勝楽丁3-1
Telephone Number
0187-43-3384
Regular holiday
December to mid-April Closed
Price range

Admission free

Street addressYubinbango014-0325 Akita Prefecture Semboku City Kakunodate Higashikatsurakucho 3-1
Street address(Japanese)〒014-0325 秋田県仙北市角館町東勝楽丁3-1
TEL0187-43-3384
Regular holidayDecember to mid-April Closed
Price range

Admission free