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Walking Tour of Wealthy Merchant's Storehouses in Akita
(5) Reviews
Masudamachi Masuda
Important Information
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Public transportation options are available nearby
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Not recommended for travelers with spinal injuries
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Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health
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Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Cancellation policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
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For a full refund, you must cancel at least 24 hours before the experience’s start time.
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Cut-off times are based on the experience’s local time.
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If you cancel less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.
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This experience requires a minimum number of travelers. If it’s canceled because the minimum isn’t met, you’ll be offered a different date/experience or a full refund.
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Any changes made less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time will not be accepted.
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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 transportation 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 de...
Highlights
2 hours
Offered in English
Free Cancellation
Mobile Ticket
2 hours
Offered in English
Free Cancellation
Mobile Ticket
What's Included
Entrance fee up to 3 mansions
Private transportation
Meeting Points
Departure
Masuda Kuranoeki-mae
Meet your guide at Masuda kuranoeki-mae (or Masuda Kuranoeki "増田蔵の駅前") bus stop.
If you let us know in advance, you will meet your guide at JR Jumonji Station who helps you transfer.
If there are no other group at your chosen time, we can start earlier if you let us know your arrival in advance.
Return
Walking Tour of Wealthy Merchant's Storehouses in Akita
(5) Reviews
Masudamachi Masuda
About
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 transportation 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 de...
Highlights
2 hours
Offered in English
Free Cancellation
Mobile Ticket
2 hours
Offered in English
Free Cancellation
Mobile Ticket
What's Included
Entrance fee up to 3 mansions
Private transportation
Meeting Points
Departure
Masuda Kuranoeki-mae
Meet your guide at Masuda kuranoeki-mae (or Masuda Kuranoeki "増田蔵の駅前") bus stop.
If you let us know in advance, you will meet your guide at JR Jumonji Station who helps you transfer.
If there are no other group at your chosen time, we can start earlier if you let us know your arrival in advance.
Return
Itinerary
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Masuda Kuranoeki-mae
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. (round trip 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 Center" 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.
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Masuda Storehouses
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.
