Registered Tangible Cultural Properties of Aichi

Built in 1668 at Toyohashi's beloved Fumonji Maple Temple, this eight-legged gate (yatsuashi-mon) houses a pair of muscular Kongō Rikishi guardian statues carved by the sculptor Daizen the previous year. Newly registered as a National Registered Tangible Cultural Property in March 2025 alongside five other Edo-period buildings, the gate's hipped copper roof and refined sculptural details make it one of the finest surviving early-Edo temple gates in the Tōkai region.

Nestled on the slope of Mt. Funagatayama in Toyohashi City, Aichi Prefecture, the Bentendo (former Ryujingu) of Fumonji Temple is a small Edo-period shrine-style hall built in 1714. Originally dedicated to a dragon deity, it now enshrines Benzaiten, the goddess of water and good fortune. Recommended for registration as a National Registered Tangible Cultural Property in March 2025, the building is admired for its abundant ornamental carvings and the unusual rooster-head sculptures that crown its four corner pillars. Set along the Slope of Good Connections and shaded by ancient cypresses, it is a hidden gem within Toyohashi's beloved Maple Temple.

Set on the wooded slopes of Mount Sengyo in Toyohashi, the Main Hall of Fumon-ji Temple is a single-story wooden hall with a copper-sheet roof, built in 1693 and recommended for registration as a National Registered Tangible Cultural Property in 2025. Its outer-sanctuary beams curve gracefully upward in a regional architectural style unique to eastern Mikawa, and it enshrines a Heian-period statue of Sho-Kannon Bosatsu designated as a national Important Cultural Property. The temple is also celebrated as Toyohashi's finest spot for autumn maple foliage.

Hōkōji Temple Main Hall in Kōnan City, Aichi Prefecture, is a grand Jōdo Shinshū sanctuary built in 1855 and registered as a National Tangible Cultural Property in 2011. With a 22-by-26-meter footprint covered by a sweeping hip-and-gable tile roof, all-round pillars, and triple-bracket eaves, it stands as a textbook example of authentic late-Edo period Shin Buddhist architecture. The temple traces its origins to a teaching visit by Shinran Shōnin in the early Kamakura period; today, its monumental two-story gate—itself a city-designated cultural property—and spacious precincts welcome travelers seeking living heritage just 25 minutes from Nagoya.

Standing inside Tokugawa-en garden in Nagoya, the Hōsa Bunko Old Storehouse was built in 1935 by combining two existing earthen storehouses on the Owari Tokugawa Ozone estate into one. Designed by architect Yoshio Yoshimoto, it blends traditional Japanese exterior styling with Western-style king-post truss roofing — a fascinating hybrid of Edo and modern architecture. After serving for decades as the working repository for the Owari Tokugawa family's celebrated book collection, it was registered as a national Tangible Cultural Property in 2014 and now welcomes visitors as the entrance hall of the Hōsa Library.

The 1929 shoin of Hōshuin, linked to the main hall by a veranda, is a refined reception hall whose upper room sets a wide alcove and study nook under coffered ceilings.

Built in 1903 for the local war dead, this single-bay memorial hall at Hōshuin spans about 20 square meters, its porch carved with Rising Sun motifs of its era.

Built in 1675, the main hall of Hōshuin in Kira, Nishio is a mid-Edo Pure Land hall whose plain outer frame gives way to an ornate inner sanctuary, registered in 2017.

Hidden in the precincts of a quiet Pure Land temple in Tsushima, Aichi, the Hosenji Shoin (former Hattori Family Residence Shoin) is a refined sukiya-style shoin originally built around the 1890s for a wealthy fertilizer merchant and donated to the temple in 1930. A National Registered Tangible Cultural Property of Japan, it preserves the elegant tokonoma alcove, paulownia transoms, polished round timbers, and a small tea room with shitaji-mado windows that defined refined Meiji-era town-merchant architecture. A perfect addition to a heritage walk that includes Tsushima Shrine and the Hotta Family Residence.

Built in 1883 by a former Naruse retainer turned silk grower, this is the only samurai-style house left in Inuyama's castle town. A spear rack recalls its warrior past.

A tiled wooden wall about 22 meters long at the street edge of the Horibe Residence in Inuyama, built in the early Showa era. It frames the approach to the samurai house.

A thick-walled kura from 1893 at the Horibe Residence in Inuyama. Plaster and dark boarding give it the classic armor of a storehouse, built for a silk-trading family.

Discover the Sanmon gate of Honko-ji Temple in Okazaki, Aichi — a two-story rōmon gate rebuilt in 1827, registered as a national Tangible Cultural Property. Explore its Edo-period craftsmanship and over 1,000 years of temple history.

Discover Honko-ji Main Hall, a nationally registered tangible cultural property in Okazaki, Aichi. Built in 1913, this Jodo Shinshu temple features stunning black-lacquer and gold-leaf ornamentation from the Taisho era.

Discover Bon'onji Main Hall, a Nationally Registered Tangible Cultural Property built in 1798 within Renkyoji Temple in Nagoya. Admire exquisite dragon carvings and Edo-period architecture in this serene sub-temple.

Discover Matabei, a Registered Tangible Cultural Property at Atsuta Shrine in Nagoya. This early Edo-period gassho-zukuri farmhouse from the Hida highlands is among the oldest surviving examples of the iconic steep-roofed architectural style, now serving as a traditional teahouse.

Explore the Sanmon gate of Manpuku-ji Temple in Chiryu, Aichi — a National Registered Tangible Cultural Property built in 1844, featuring exquisite Edo-period bracket work within a 1,200-year-old temple complex.

Discover the bell tower (shōrō) of Manpuku-ji Temple in Chiryu, Aichi Prefecture—a Registered Tangible Cultural Property built in 1862. Featuring dense Zen-style ornamentation and fan-shaped rafters, this elegant structure stands within a temple founded in 815 by the great monk Saichō.

Discover the Main Hall of Manpuku-ji Temple in Chiryu, Aichi — a Nationally Registered Tangible Cultural Property built in 1896 by renowned master carpenter Onoda Matazō. Explore its 1,200-year history, stunning carvings, and ancient trees.

A two-story earthen-walled storehouse behind the Miyake family's Meiji-era merchant house on the old Seto Kaido, registered in 2022 for the streetscape it preserves.

Aichi’s registered properties across designations, with featured heritage and travel notes.

The complete kokuhō catalogue — browse by prefecture, period, and category.

Nationwide jūyō bunkazai — architecture, sculpture, painting, crafts, and documents.