{"id":2937,"date":"2016-03-01T08:00:41","date_gmt":"2016-02-29T23:00:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/voyapon.com\/?p=2937"},"modified":"2020-07-23T00:09:40","modified_gmt":"2020-07-22T15:09:40","slug":"traditional-warehouses-kura","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/voyapon.com\/traditional-warehouses-kura\/","title":{"rendered":"The Beauty of Japanese Traditional Warehouses, Kura"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left\">In traditional Japan, especially during the Edo Era, as most of buildings and urban\/village structures were made of wood, fires were the bane of society since a fire would consume an entire building and all its properties within minutes.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">\u201cKura\u201d (in Japanese \u8535 or \u5009), meaning \u201cwarehouse\u201d or \u201cstorehouse\u201d, became the solution of choice to protect goods and properties against such a catastrophe. Erecting a storehouse solely made of concrete, stones and some metal would however cost a vast amount of silver and gold and only rich merchants and nobility could afford them.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/s3.voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/kura01.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-37475 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/kura01-500x375-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2858\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">Of course \u201ckura\u201d come in all sizes and it is fun to discover the smaller ones tucked in between houses in cities or among the trees in a big farm property! Some are grand and well-maintained, others are left derelict exposed to the vagaries of natural erosion.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/s3.voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/kura02.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-37476 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/kura02-375x500-1.jpg\" alt=\"ivy-covered-1\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Abandoned red brick warehouse in Jirou Cho, the old harbor district in Shimizu Ku, Shizuoka City.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">These kuras cost a fortune to erect but they are also extremely expensive to pull down. Therefore you can still find many abandoned by rich owners who suddenly had to leave, disappear or fell on hard times, especially in harbor cities or rich districts of large traditional cities such as Kyoto, Kanazawa, Fukuoka and so forth.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/s3.voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/kura03.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-37477 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/kura03-375x500-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2860\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">On the other hand quite a few a few have been maintained or reformed to house companies, clothes shop like the one above in Shizuoka City, one of the very few buildings that survived WWII in that City, or restaurants and cafes and even book stores and art galleries.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/s3.voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/kura04.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-37478 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/kura04-500x375-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2861\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Kura transformed into an Izakaya\/Japanesestyle bistro in Shimada City<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">\u201cKura\u201d come into two basic styles and many sizes:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: left\">All built in red brick, although the interior might be reinforced with concrete, stones, metal or\/and wood.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left\">Stones and concrete covered with white plaster.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2862\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/s3.voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/kura05.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-37479 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/kura05-500x375-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">An ancient kura, probably the property of a rich land owner, erected on a stone base with traditional lattice design around the lower part of the first story.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/s3.voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/kura06.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-37480 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/kura06-500x375-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2864\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Abandoned kura in Shizuoka City owned by the defunct Inoue sake Brewery.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Many sake breweries, soy sauce and miso paste manufactures reside kura of their own.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2865\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/shizuokatourism.files.wordpress.com\/2016\/01\/kura-shizuoka-1.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2865\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2865 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/19172746\/kura-shizuoka-1.jpg\" alt=\"SN3O5194\" width=\"474\" height=\"356\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">A typical warehouse will comprise two stories, although single-story and triple-story warehouses are not uncommon.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Entrances will be limited to a minimum and even very large kura might only have one on the ground floor\/first floor, whereas windows are almost invariably opened on the top floor. The same windows are closed with panels of the same thickness as the walls. Once closed they become integral part of the walls.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/s3.voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/kura08.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-37482 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/kura08-500x375-1.jpg\" alt=\"SN3O0049\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2867\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Former Suzuki Honkei Sake Brewery in Shimizu Ku, Shizuoka City<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Many will be found attaining traditional Japanese houses with the same roofing made of kiln-baked tiles.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/s3.voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/kura09.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-37483 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/kura09-500x375-1.jpg\" alt=\"SN3O5409\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2868\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Warehouse reformed as small museum and souvenir shop in Okabe, Fujieda City<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/s3.voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/kura10.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-37484 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/kura10-500x375-1.jpg\" alt=\"SN3O0338\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2869\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Grand kura owned by Shinseido Company in Suruga Ku, Shizuoka City. Note the imposing roof pinion!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/s3.voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/kura11.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-37485 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/kura11-500x375-1.jpg\" alt=\"warehouse3-2\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">The \u201cpegs\u201d often found around the walls are not for hanging things but to check the proper alignment of the walls as the land is subjected to earthquakes. The same apply to the pegs linked to the roofing. A break in the link will become a telltale sign that the roof is warped<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/s3.voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/kura12.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-37486 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/kura12-500x375-1.jpg\" alt=\"SN3O5613\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2871\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">You may notice such small opening at the base of kura especially in the country side. Their purpose is to check the foundations and eventual excess water.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/s3.voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/kura13.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-37487 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/kura13-500x375-1.jpg\" alt=\"SN3O0417\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2872\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">Of course, not only kuras are the source of very interesting photography, but they are also used as backdrops for movies and TV reportage such as this enormous red brick kura building owned by a printing company in Shimada City.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Scattered across towns Japan&#8217;s traditional storehouses were the solution of choice in the Edo period to protect goods and properties against raging 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