投稿日：2023年07月07日
The building was built in 1919 (8th year of Taisho period) as the government office (town hall) of Kanoashi district. It was also used as police station at one time, but since the Shouwa merger of towns and villages in 1955 (30th year of Souwa period) it has been the town hall of Tsuwano.
Since then, not much has changed on the outside, its faced was preserved nicely. It follows the style of Japanese public buildings of the period, with both wings jotting out of the main building, with the Byodoin Temple’s Hoo-do hall (National Treasure) as an inspiration.
The main gate was that of Ouoka the chief retainer of Tsuwano Domain. The gate was taken out and preserved off-site at the beginning of Meiji period (1868 – 1912), and put back to its place in 1917 (50th year of Meiji period).
The main gate was that of Ouoka the chief retainer of Tsuwano Domain. The gate was taken out and preserved off-site at the beginning of Meiji period (1868 – 1912), and put back to its place in 1917 (50th year of Meiji period).
The walls and gates are mainly from the reconstruction of Edo period townscape done in the 1970s, with exception of the Tago gate and wall, the foundation stones of the Hankou domain school which is from the Edo period(1600-1868), and the stone walls of the waterways, which are from Meiji period (1868-1912). The same way the stone foundation at the Catholic Church are the remaining of the Meiji period’s Hori residence.
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津和野役場 （旧鹿足役所）
大正８年（1919）に鹿足郡役場として建設された。一時警察署として使用されたが、昭和３０年（1955）の町村合併で津和野町役場となり、以降今日まで外観は大きな改変はなく当時の面影を良好に残している。大正期に流行した和風公共建築で、両脇の部屋を前面にせり出し平等院鳳凰堂をイメージした外観となっている。表門は家老大岡家の正門が明治の初めに取り外され、保存されていたものを昭和５０年代に今の場所に戻したものといわれている。
津和野町伝統文化活性化協議会、平成２４年３月発行