Japanese style wall Namakokabe by Yamakiorifu
The Namakokabe storehouse is a labor-intensive building that took several years to complete in 1920.
Namakokabe is one of the traditional Japanese wall-plastering styles used for mud-walled storehouses and other structures.
The name comes from the style in which the joints are plastered to resemble sea cucumbers, which are sea creatures.
The fact that the white walls were painted black was a device to make them less visible to enemy planes during the war.
It is popular as an object for shooting a cityscape.
