Tsukahara Gofukuten (Bandai Sports)

A long-established sporting goods shop in Aizu.
This building was constructed in 1926 and originally operated as the Tsukahara Gofukuten kimono shop.
Kimono shops are usually associated with Japanese-style architecture, but this building has a Western-style design that is very striking.

The building is three stories of wood construction. The parapets (the low walls along the edges of a roof or balcony) have a distinctive shape.
Brick and relief decorations on the walls create a three-dimensional impression.
The area above the main entrance is rounded, and you can also see the words "TSUKAHARA GOFUKUTEN LTD." carved there.

Even now that the building houses a sporting goods shop, the Tsukahara Gofukuten name remains, showing how carefully the building has been preserved.
The second Tsukahara Gofukuten store, Daini Tsukahara Gofukuten, still stands a short distance away, on the other side of the street.