【Sea cucumber wall】
In Izumatsuzaki, there are still many houses and storehouses with "Sea cucumber walls" built in the good old days.
Sea cucumber wall is one of the traditional Japan style of wall painting used for storehouses, etc., and is based on a construction method in which flat tiles are pasted side by side on the wall surface and plaster is placed on the joints in a kamaboko shape.
Sea cucumber wall
1. Heat retention, moisture protection, insect control
2. Prevention of fire and theft
It was built for the purpose of, and it takes a lot of money and a lot of effort.
This Sea cucumber wall of the Kondo family was built at the end of the Edo period, and the street leading to the Sea cucumber wall is called "Sea cucumber wall street".
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