Tamachi Bukeyashiki-dori

Another samurai residence street in Kakunodate

When the Ashina clan built the town in 1620, 80 samurai commanders lived in the southern area of ​​town, called "Tamachi," separate from the samurai residences in Uchimachi. These samurai received stipends from the direct vassals of the Satake clan, the lords of the Akita domain.
In 1656, the Satake Kita family came to rule Kakunodate, and the people were divided into those who moved to Uchimachi and those who received stipends from the Satake Kita family.

Although the Tamachi Samurai Residences are not designated as a national preservation district, the old black wooden fences, the cherry blossoms in spring, and the autumn leaves are worth seeing.

A spot known only to those in the know

Kakunodate is famous for its samurai residence street in Uchimachi, but the Tamachi samurai residences on the Sotomachi side are an interesting spot known only to those in the know.

You can feel the passage of time from the Edo period to modern times Shinchosha Kinen Bungakukan, which was built in memory of the founder of Shinchosha, the interesting buildings of the Ota House in Tamachi and the Shimoshinmachi Ota House in Tamachi Shimocho, and the fir trees, gates and black wooden fences that mark this street as a samurai residence.
Literary-wise, it is the birthplace of the mother of Akutagawa Prize winner Yojiro Ishizaka.
"Places related to Akutagawa Prize winner (Yuichi Takai)"
There are many interesting stories here, such as the fact that it is the birthplace of the translator of the Louvre Insect Book. If you visit Kakunodate, be sure to take a stroll around here.