Ando Family Residence, Nishinango, Minami-Alps, Yamanashi and Hoei Eruption of Mount Fuji – EXPERIENCE YAMANASHI AND MORE

The Ando Family Residence in the Nishinango area in the city of Minam-Alps in Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan, was built in 1708, in the middle of the Edo period. This is a nationally designated Important Cultural Property, featuring a valuable main house built in the Irimoya style with a hip-and-gable, thatched roof. As a prestigious family serving as the village headman (Nanushi) of Nishinango, the Ando Family Residence has been maintained in its original, authentic state, having avoided any fire damage throughout its history.

Ando Family Residence: (In Japanese) https://www.city.minami-alps.yamanashi.jp/sisetsu/shisetsu/bunkazai-ando/; Irimoya style: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_Asian_hip-and-gable_roof

There was the Hoei eruption of Mount Fuji in 1707, one year before the Ando Family Residence was built. It was the last confirmed eruption of Mount Fuji.

Hoei eruption: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H%C5%8Dei_eruption; https://www.web-gis.jp/GM1000/GM_Red1/GM_Red1-147.html; Geological Survey of Japan: https://www.gsj.jp/en/index.html; Mount Hoei: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_H%C5%8Dei

Koshu Warrior Banners made by Inoue Somemono Store, Ando Family Residence, Minami-Alps shi, Yamanashi, 4/06/2026

Inoue Somemono Store: https://kousyu-koinobori.jp/musha

A huge carp streamer and Koshu warrior banners by Inoue Somemono Store, a warrior doll, Japanese armor and helmets and warrior doll decorations, and a ropework display, Ando Family Residence, Minami-Alps shi, Yamanashi, 4/06/2026

Inoue Somemono Store: https://kousyu-koinobori.jp/

Ando Family Residence: https://www.city.minami-alps.yamanashi.jp/sisetsu/shisetsu/bunkazai-ando/

Koshu; Koshu was an abbreviated form name of Kai Province (Kai no kuni, current Yamanashi Prefecture): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kai_Province

Ropework: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ropework