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Rice storage designated as a national historic site.
This earthen storage for rice is in Sakata, once a lively port city where rice was shipped out. Sakai Family, the former domain lord, built 14 storehouses in 1893. 12 of them are standing today. 9 of the 12 were still used up until the end of 2022 to store 10,800 tons of rice, designated in 2021 as a national historic site.
Two of the storehouses are used as Sakata City Tourist Product Center and one of them is remodeled into Shonai Rice History Museum where information on rice and farming tools are displayed.
To the west of storehouses, a line of zelkova trees stand to protect the storage from the summer sun and seasonal winds which change temperatures. It is a favored promenade and was used as a movie location for the drama “Oshin” and the Foreign Language Award film in the 2008 Academy Awards, “Departures (Okuribito)”.
A promenade on the west of storehouses with a cool green share in summer
Earthen storehouses from Meiji Period line the street
Sankyo Bridge and storehouses by the Niida River
Snow covers the area in winter
Storehouses are lit up until 10pm.
把過去的米倉轉變成餐廳、藝品店、博物館，同時也是因為阿信連續劇而有名。
有許多當地特產，𥚃面還有有餐廳和咖啡廳，可以順道來參觀一下。
