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Walking Tour of Wealthy Merchant's Storehouses in Akita

By AKITA Geo Tour Co., Ltd.
Free cancellation available
Price is €24 per adult
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  • Free cancellation available
  • 2h
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  • Instant confirmation

Overview

Take a tour with your guide through the quaint street lined with Japanese old houses!
Masuda Town has prospered as a merchant town since the Edo period.
Because this town has been the transport hub, a variety of agricultural products gathered here. Merchants amassed wealth in their fields and created mansion towns.
Inside these mansions, “Kura'' or a storehouse was built by wealthy merchants to store documents and household furniture.
This storehouse is still inhabited and rare even in Japan.
Feel the elegance in the detailed decorations such as white plaster, polished black plaster and lacquered interior.
The townscape is home to many historic buildings of this area.
Masuda town was designated as a National Preservation Districts for Groups of Traditional Buildings in 2013.

Find the storehouses of each mansion with its unique structure and decoration.
In this guided tour, you will be able to visit two to three mansions with storehouse while receiving an explanation.

Activity location

  • Masuda Storehouses
    • Masudacho
    • 019-0701, Yokote, Akita Prefecture, Japan

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • Masuda Kuranoeki-mae
    • Nakamachi
    • 019-0701, Yokote, Akita, Japan

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Walking Tour of Wealthy Merchant's Storehouses in Akita
  • Activity duration is 2 hours2h
    2h
  • English
Language options: English
Price details
€24.10 x 1 Adult€24.10
Total
Price is €24.10
Until Mon, 13 Apr
Inc. PickUp/DropOff AKITA port
  • Activity duration is 2 hours2h
    2h
  • English

Incl. return transport from/to AKITA port. 90-min for one way. Meet at cruise building at 08:30. Return at 14:00.

Language options: English
Price details
€31.81 x 1 Adult€31.81
Total
Price is €31.81
Until Mon, 13 Apr

What's included, what's not

  • What's includedWhat's included
    Entrance fee up to 3 mansions

Know before you book

  • Public transport options are available nearby
  • Not recommended for travellers with spinal injuries
  • Not recommended for travellers with poor cardiovascular health
  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels
  • In accordance with EU regulations about consumer rights, activities services are not subject to the right of withdrawal. Supplier cancellation policy will apply.

Activity itinerary

Masuda Kuranoeki-mae (Pass by)

Please come to Masuda-kuranoeki(増田蔵の駅) bus stop through transferring JR Jumonji station by yourself. You will get on a bus or taxi from JR Jumonji station(JR十文字駅) to Masuda-kuranoeki bus stop depending on your arrival time so please bring some cash for fare. (return fare for bus : ￥500/person, for taxi : about ￥3,000/car) There are a limited number of trains departing from JR Jumonji Station, so please check your arrival/departure itinerary in advance. Please see the uploaded photo of Viator for the timetable. If you let us know in advance, we will meet and help you transfer at JR Jumonji Station. Parking is available next to "Hotaru - Masuda Tourist Information Centre" if you visit by car. This is group tour, but if there are no other group at your chosen time, we can start the tour earlier if you let us know in advance. The small/medium size 100-yen-coin lockers are available in "Hotaru" or "Community Lounge". But if you bring large size luggage, please contact us after booking.

Masuda Storehouses

  • 2h
  • Admission ticket included
Explore Masuda town in Akita on a 2-hour walking tour of visiting several mansions that have storehouse built by wealthy merchants as a symbol of financial power more than 100 years ago. ・See the townscape of wealthy merchant's town in countryside. ・Explore "Uchigura or storehouse in mansion" with walls plastered black. ・Learn the lifestyle of residents of merchants more than 100 years before.

Location

Activity location

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    Masuda Storehouses
    • Masudacho
    • 019-0701, Yokote, Akita Prefecture, Japan

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • PEOPLEPEOPLE
    Masuda Kuranoeki-mae
    • Nakamachi
    • 019-0701, Yokote, Akita, Japan

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