Registered Tangible Cultural Properties of Aichi

Built in 1896 as the Nagoya Chamber of Commerce main building and moved into Kenchuji temple in 1934, this 454-square-meter timber hall was registered in 2000.

The Kozenji Kuri in Inuyama City, Aichi Prefecture, is a nationally Registered Tangible Cultural Property built in 1830 on the ruins of a medieval castle. This Edo-period kitchen hall of a Rinzai Zen temple founded by the samurai Kajiwara Kagetoki features exquisite traditional timber craftsmanship including rainbow beams and a distinctive smoke-vent dormer. Located near National Treasure Inuyama Castle, it offers a serene glimpse into centuries of warrior heritage and Zen monastic life.

Discover the Sanmon Gate of Kozenji Temple in Inuyama, Aichi Prefecture — a nationally Registered Tangible Cultural Property built in 1939. Explore its connection to the legendary samurai Kajiwara Kagetoki, the Haguro Castle ruins, and over 850 years of Japanese history.

Discover the main hall of Kozenji Temple in Inuyama, Aichi Prefecture — a Registered Tangible Cultural Property completed in 1893 by the Takenaka family. Standing on the ruins of Haguro Castle, this Rinzai Zen temple traces its origins to the Kamakura-period warrior Kajiwara Kagetoki.

Discover the Kokonoe Mirin Okura, a registered tangible cultural property in Hekinan, Aichi. Built in 1706 and relocated in 1787, this historic warehouse is the symbol of Japan's oldest mirin brewery with over 300 years of history.

Two late Edo clay-walled storehouses in Inuyama, Aichi, set at right angles and joined by a lean-to sheltering the sake pressing floor. Registered in 2005.

The 1847 guest wing of a brewing house in Inuyama, Aichi, with a formal entrance platform, a 15-mat hall and a room copied from the Zangetsu-tei. Registered in 2005.

A brewer's town house of about 1897 in Inuyama, Aichi, its two floors faced almost entirely in lattice, with a wide earthen passage behind. Registered in 2005.

A late Edo brewing complex in Inuyama, Aichi: an open shed for washing and steaming rice, backed by a three-story storehouse for koji and maturing. Listed 2005.

The smallest of seven registered Kojima buildings in Inuyama, Aichi: a late Edo storehouse of 37 square meters with stepped plaster surrounds. Registered in 2005.

The Kojima Residence roofed wall runs 56 metres along a lane in Inuyama's castle town, fronting a 1597 sake brewery with a formal honored gate. Registered in 2005.

A small late-Edo tea pavilion in a 400-year-old sake brewer's compound in Inuyama, its red bengara walls a registered piece of the old castle-town streetscape.

Zaigaji Temple Thirty-Three Kannon Hall in Toyokawa, Aichi, is a 21-square-meter hall of 1800, registered in 2014, enshrining thirty-three Kannon images.

Zaikaji Temple Main Hall, a registered Edo-period hall on a mountainside in Aichi, was rebuilt in 1823 by carpenter Okada Gozaemon and shelters a hidden Kannon.

In Toyokawa, Aichi, Zaikaji's Monju-do is a registered 1859 timber hall by carpenter Okada Gozaemon, housing a hidden Manjushri and a working goma fire altar.

The gate of Saishin-ji, a Jodo Shinshu temple in Anjo, Aichi, is a small four-legged gate built in 1903, richly carved with dragons and registered in 2022.

Built in 1835, Saishin-ji Main Hall in Anjo, Aichi, is a Jodo Shinshu temple hall with wave-cut gable pendants, registered in 2022 as the work of local carpenters.

A small earthen storehouse at Sairenji temple near Inuyama Station, built in the Meiji era and moved here in 1937. One of the temple's five registered buildings.

The kuri at Sairenji in Inuyama is a late-Edo priest's residence and kitchen wing, a Registered Tangible Cultural Property in the town below Inuyama Castle.

Below Inuyama Castle stands Sairen-ji's gate, a late-Edo yakuimon registered in 2007 for its place in the historic castle-town streetscape and its carved detail.