土ど蔵ぞう造づくり

noun

kura-style house; house with mud-plastered walls like a storehouse

Refers to a traditional Japanese architectural style where the exterior walls are thickly plastered with mud, resembling a kura (storehouse). Often seen in historic merchant districts.

• 川かわ越ごえには土ど蔵ぞう造づくりの商しょう家かが多おおく残のこっている。

  Many kura-style merchant houses remain in Kawagoe.

• この町まち並なみは土ど蔵ぞう造づくりの建たて物もので知しられている。

  This streetscape is known for its kura-style buildings.