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Our guide
The Rokkakudō is a small hexagonal wooden retreat overlooking the sea on the Izura coast in Kitaibaraki, Ibaraki. It dates from 1905 and was designed by the scholar and critic Okakura Tenshin, who spent time here with the painter Yokoyama Taikan. Single-storey, in the sukiya style, with a tiled roof and painted red, it covers just 9 m². It was part of Ibaraki University's Izura Institute of Arts and Culture, and in 2003 it was added to the Register of Tangible Cultural Properties.
On 11 March 2011 the tsunami swept it out to sea. It was rebuilt and reopened to the public in April 2012.
We have not checked opening hours, fees or a public-transport route.
Written by japan-spots.com (2026-09-22) from the sources credited on this page. Distances are straight lines between map positions.
Photos
Photos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence — see credits
- New Rokkakudo, May 20, 2012 — Miyuki Meinaka · CC BY-SA 3.0 · source · resized
- Flickr - gonsee - 六角堂 — gonsee · CC BY 2.0 · source · resized
- Flickr - IbaGeo - 六角堂 — IbaGeo · CC BY 2.0 · source · resized
- Flickr - gonsee - 六角堂 2 — gonsee · CC BY 2.0 · source · resized
- Rokkakudo seen from the sea (Kitaibaraki City) 2020 — 小石川人晃 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source · resized
What this place is
Rokkakudō (六角堂), was a hexagonal wooden retreat overlooking the sea along the Izura coast in Kitaibaraki, Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan. Dating to 1905, it was part of the Izura Institute of Arts & Culture, Ibaraki University. Constructed in the sukiya-zukuri style, single-storey, with a tiled roof, an area of nine square metres, and painted red, it was designed by scholar and critic Okakura Tenshin who spent time there with painter Yokoyama Taikan. In 2003 it was added to the Tangible Cultural Properties Register. On 11 March 2011 it was swept off to sea in the tsunami. It was rebuilt and opened to the public in April 2012.
Visitor information checked: 2026-10-06 · Ibaraki University: Izura visitor information
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