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  • Jinpukaku Mansion (National Important Cultural Property)
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    Tottori Pref. Tottorishi Higashimachi 2-121
    Jinpukaku Mansion is a villa constructed in 1907 by Marquis Nakahiro Ikeda, the grandson of the last lord of the Tottori domain, to provide accommodation for Crown Prince Yoshihito (later the Taisho Emperor) during his tour of the San’in region. It is a two-storey white wooden building with a tiled roof, the design of which was inspired by the French Renaissance style; it has been designated as a National Important Cultural Property. The Jinpukaku Mansion now houses a museum, with displays on the history of the Tottori domain and the Ikeda family. The second floor offers superb views of the Horyu-in Garden, which has been designated as a municipal Place of Scenic Beauty by Tottori City Government.

    The area is breathtakingly beautiful. We were walking around the building and so surprise that they allow us to enter the building. My education isnt un architechture, but I always have interested in...

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  • Kurayoshi Yodoya (Former Makita Family Residence)
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    Tottori Kurayoshi-shi Higashiiwakuramachi 2280-3
    This townhome was built in 1760. It is said to be the oldest of the extant merchant homes in Kurayoshi. Consisting of a main building and annex, the residence was built in the sukiya-shoin-zukuri-style. The Makita family, to whom the residence belonged, were some of Kurayoshi's most well-known merchants; because of their close connection to the wealthy Yodoya merchant family (who famously built the Yodoya Bridge in Osaka with their own funds), they were also known as the Kurayoshi Yodoya. After renovation work conducted from 2007 to 2008, the main building and annex are both now open to viewing by the general public. The city's Dairenji Temple, to which the Makita family was connected, is the location of several generations of heads of the Yodoya family, each of whom took the name Yodoya Seibe, and many tourists visit both this residence and the temple.

    こちらの倉吉淀屋は、土蔵群の中で最も古い建築物ということで、かなり趣きがありました。私は、建物の雰囲気も良かったのですが、この建物の持主だった商家（淀屋）の歴史が非常に興味深い内容でした。江戸時代、西国大名にお金を貸して力をつけて最盛期は現在の貨幣価値で200兆円もの資産を持ったことで幕府に目をつけられ一度財産没収にあうものの、紆余曲折を経て復活を遂げるといったお話、大阪の淀屋橋の名前の由来でもあ...

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  • Ishitani Residence
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    Tottori Pref. Yazugunchiduchou Chidu 396
    This is the house of the Ishitani family who were headman of the village in the late Edo period. The current building was rebuilt from 1919 to the early Showa period. It has many tatami and other rooms and was used as an office for forestry management. The house has been built using local cedar and it is not only grand but is also regarded highly as a modern Japanese-style residence.
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  • Ogamiyama-jinja Shrine Okumiya Shinmon Gate
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    Tottori Saihaku-gun Daisencho Daisen 1
    "This historic structure is located in Daisen, Daisen Town, Saihaku County, Tottori Prefecture. Originally donated to serve as the front gate of the Daisen-ji Temple's Nishirakuin head priest's quarters in 1857, after the Nishirakuin was closed, the gate was moved here to be the Shinmon Gate of Ogamiyama-jinja Shrine's Okumiya. Because the gate's front and back are opposite of what they should be, it is also known as the ""reverse gate."""
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  • Okamasu no Ishido
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    Tottori Tottori-shi Kokufucho Okamasu
    "This small temple, made of tuff, stands on a hill on the southwest side of the Okamasu district. When it was made and by whom is unclear, and as such it is called the ""mystery stone temple."" The symmetrical temple consists of a one-meter-high base on which sits a central capstone surrounded by stone walls 40-centimeters-thick. One theory says it's a part of the facilities of the ruined Okamasu Temple, while according to another it is the grave of Emperor Antoku, and in 1896 it was designated the prospective tomb of the emperor and is managed by the Imperial Household Agency."
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  • The Bukemon Gate of the Minoura Family
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    Tottori Tottori-shi Shotokucho 101
    A dignified Nagaya gate opposite the Tottori Prefectural Government Office. Originally at the edge of a moat in Higashi-machi, it served as the main gate for the Minoura clan, a wealthy, high ranking Tottori samurai family during the feudal era. Although it was nearly demolished in the Showa period, it was preserved and relocated to its current position after Soetsu Yanagi-a leading figure in the Mingei folk art movement-took an interest in it. It is the only surviving gate of its kind in the city and has been designated a Tottori City Cultural Property for its superb historic value.
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  • Sanbyakuda Family Residence
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    Tottori Yazu-gun Wakasacho Yadora 37
    This is the site of the residence of the Sanbyakuda Family, who were village headman from ages past. Its inner room, storage room, and typical three-room parlor layout is characteristic of 17th-century private homes in the Inaba district. This type of traditional structure is known as shihachi; eight bays wide and four bays deep, it's larger than more typical private residences of the time. It is registered as a Prefectural Cultural Property because it demonstrates the architecture and ways of life in the Genroku period.
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  • Uchimachi Goto House
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