Former Fourth Infantry Regiment Barracks (Sendai City Museum of History and Folklore)
旧歩兵第四連隊兵舎（仙台市歴史民俗資料館）
A surviving wooden Army barracks in Tsutsujigaoka Park, used until August 1945 and later moved within the former military grounds. It now houses Sendai's history and folklore museum.
History
The white wooden building in Tsutsujigaoka Park is a surviving barracks of the Fourth Infantry Regiment, part of the Army's Second Division. Built in the early Meiji period, it continued in Army use until August 1945, giving it a direct connection to the military establishment that operated through the Second World War. It is a different location from the divisional headquarters near Sendai Castle.
Its architecture combines Western details, including sash windows and columned entrance porches, with a Japanese tiled roof. Miyagi Prefecture identifies it as an unusually important surviving barracks building and designated it a prefectural cultural property in 2023.
After the war the grounds served American occupation forces and later a police school. Most barracks disappeared during park development. The surviving building was moved to its present position in 1977 and restored before opening as the history and folklore museum in 1979. The map therefore marks the preserved building's present position, not its precise wartime footprint.
The museum's plan includes a Fourth Regiment corner alongside displays of local everyday life. Public museum admission is available, and the official walking directions place the entrance on the lawn side of the building. The original structure itself is part of the visit, but today's museum rooms should not be mistaken for an unchanged wartime interior.
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- 仙台市歴史民俗資料館 年報2025Museum仙台市歴史民俗資料館{"batch":"20261003","sourceNotes":"Printed page 1 / PDF page 3: Army use through August 1945, occupation and police school, December 1977 relocation, 1979 museum opening, plan including Fourth Regiment corner; construction thought September 1874.","verification":{"coordinateSourceUrl":"https://www.miyagi-kankou.or.jp/theme/detail.php?id=12076","coordinateEvidence":"Official prefectural tourism federation HTML embeds https://maps.google.co.jp/maps?&output=embed&q=loc:38.2609749,140.8983115&z=17&hl=us and Apple Maps matching coordinates. Represents current preserved building after relocation.","accessCheckedAt":"2026-10-03","duplicateCheck":"Existing sendai-2nd-division-hq at 38.2555,140.857 is the castle-side headquarters about 3.6 km away; this is the separate regimental barracks in Tsutsujigaoka Park. No Fourth Regiment/第四連隊/歴史民俗資料館 alias appears in inventory.","uncertainties":["Original construction year is inferred: museum favours 1874, prefectural entry also allows 1876. Current coordinate is exact for the museum, not the pre-relocation footprint."]}}
- 利用案内・アクセスMuseum仙台市歴史民俗資料館{"batch":"20261003","sourceNotes":"Public access directions and address, entrance on lawn side, no dedicated museum parking.","verification":{"coordinateSourceUrl":"https://www.miyagi-kankou.or.jp/theme/detail.php?id=12076","coordinateEvidence":"Official prefectural tourism federation HTML embeds https://maps.google.co.jp/maps?&output=embed&q=loc:38.2609749,140.8983115&z=17&hl=us and Apple Maps matching coordinates. Represents current preserved building after relocation.","accessCheckedAt":"2026-10-03","duplicateCheck":"Existing sendai-2nd-division-hq at 38.2555,140.857 is the castle-side headquarters about 3.6 km away; this is the separate regimental barracks in Tsutsujigaoka Park. No Fourth Regiment/第四連隊/歴史民俗資料館 alias appears in inventory.","uncertainties":["Original construction year is inferred: museum favours 1874, prefectural entry also allows 1876. Current coordinate is exact for the museum, not the pre-relocation footprint."]}}
- 旧歩兵第４連隊兵舎Website宮城県観光連盟{"batch":"20261003","sourceNotes":"Official tourism entry embeds Google Maps q=loc:38.2609749,140.8983115. Older 2018 fees not reused; current museum site used for public access.","verification":{"coordinateSourceUrl":"https://www.miyagi-kankou.or.jp/theme/detail.php?id=12076","coordinateEvidence":"Official prefectural tourism federation HTML embeds https://maps.google.co.jp/maps?&output=embed&q=loc:38.2609749,140.8983115&z=17&hl=us and Apple Maps matching coordinates. Represents current preserved building after relocation.","accessCheckedAt":"2026-10-03","duplicateCheck":"Existing sendai-2nd-division-hq at 38.2555,140.857 is the castle-side headquarters about 3.6 km away; this is the separate regimental barracks in Tsutsujigaoka Park. No Fourth Regiment/第四連隊/歴史民俗資料館 alias appears in inventory.","uncertainties":["Original construction year is inferred: museum favours 1874, prefectural entry also allows 1876. Current coordinate is exact for the museum, not the pre-relocation footprint."]}}