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A wealthy landowner's estate at Iizaka hot spring, its 18-metre storehouse showing rural merchant scale.
About this place
The former Horikiri Residence is a residence in Iizakamachi, Fukushima, Fukushima Prefecture. It is now managed by the city of Fukushima and open to the public. It was built as the residence of the Horikiri family, wealthy farmers and merchants of the Edo period, and in May 2010 (Heisei 22), after partial repair and new construction, it was prepared and opened as a local tourism base and a place to pass on culture. The site area is about 1,230 tsubo, and before the fire of 1880 (Meiji 13) it is said to have been about twice its present size.
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Founded / opened：1775 Highlights / collection：Jikkenkura, Wealthy farmer's residence in Iizaka Onsen Genre：Architecture
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