Registered Tangible Cultural Properties of Aichi

Originally guarding the Marunouchi south plaza of Tokyo Station, this 1914 octagonal police box mirrors Tatsuno Kingo's iconic station design. Now preserved at Meiji-mura in Inuyama, Aichi.

Tucked into the Japanese Garden of Museum Meiji-mura in Inuyama, Aichi, the Tokyo School for the Blind Porte-cochère is a registered tangible cultural property that preserves the elegantly designed entrance porch of a 1910 Tokyo school building. Three free-standing arches, refined plant and geometric ornament, and half-timber detailing capture the artistic peak of late Meiji school architecture.

Discover the Meiji-mura Brazilian Immigrant House, a registered tangible cultural property originally built in 1919 in São Paulo, Brazil, by Japanese immigrants. Now preserved at the Museum Meiji-mura in Inuyama, Aichi, this unique wooden house blends Japanese carpentry with Brazilian materials, offering visitors a rare glimpse into the pioneering spirit of Japanese emigrants.

Discover the Former Nishi-Nakagane Station, a 1930 wooden station building registered as a national tangible cultural property. Once the terminus of the Meitetsu Mikawa Line, this beautifully preserved railway heritage site in Toyota City offers a glimpse into Japan's early Showa-era rural railway history and serves as a gateway to the famous Korankei Valley.

Discover the historic platform of Former Nishi-Nakagane Station, a Registered Tangible Cultural Property in Toyota City, Aichi. Built in the early Showa era with granite masonry, this abandoned railway station preserves the pastoral rail landscape of rural Japan and offers a unique walk-on-the-tracks experience near Korankei Valley.

Discover the Former Mikawa-Hirose Station, a 1927 wooden railway station building registered as a national tangible cultural property in Toyota City, Aichi. Explore this nostalgic abandoned station along the Yahagi River with its original platform, weekend café, and scenic walking trails.

The former Mikawa-Hirose Station platform in Toyota City, Aichi Prefecture, is a Registered Tangible Cultural Property built in 1927. This stone and concrete platform, featuring elegant granite ashlar masonry and a gentle curve following the Yahagi River, preserves the atmosphere of an early Showa-era rural railway station. Visitors can walk freely along the tracks, enjoy seasonal foliage, and sample local treats at the weekend cafe and market.

Momengura Chita, a nationally Registered Tangible Cultural Property in the Okada district of Chita City, Aichi Prefecture, is a Meiji-to-Taisho-era earthen cotton storehouse built by the Takeuchi Torao cotton enterprise. Now a hands-on weaving facility, visitors can create original coasters and mats on antique looms while exploring the 400-year heritage of Chita cotton and the beautifully preserved historic streetscape of Okada.

Built in 1763 beside the main hall of Renkyo-ji in Nagoya, this priests' quarters keeps the plain look of a working Edo-period temple. Registered in 2017.

This 1812 four-legged gate before the main hall of Renkyo-ji in Nagoya is worked with carving, and a 23-metre plastered wall lines the approach. Registered in 2017.

Linked to Renkyo-ji's main hall in Nagoya, this 1812 shoin holds a raised guest room with a built-in desk and coffered ceiling. Registered in 2017 as a model of its type.

Standing on the quiet hilltop of Takabari in Meitō Ward, Nagoya, the Renkyō-ji Bell Tower is a small but exquisite wooden structure built in 1882. Featuring a hip-and-gable tile roof, splayed round columns, a deeply coffered ceiling, and charming turtle carvings on its gables, this Meiji-era treasure was registered as a Tangible Cultural Property in 2017. Set within the precincts of a temple whose history reaches back over a thousand years, it offers travellers a tranquil encounter with traditional Japanese craftsmanship.

Renkyō-ji Main Hall, set on a quiet wooded hill in eastern Nagoya's Meitō Ward, is the principal worship hall of a Shinshū Takada-ha temple founded by tradition over a thousand years ago. Built in 1758 with a hipped tile roof and a generous 5-by-5-bay plan, it features a distinctive drum-towered entrance and a textbook Pure Land Buddhist interior of outer sanctuary, inner sanctuary, side rooms, and rear hall. Registered as a Tangible Cultural Property of Japan in 2017 along with five other temple buildings, it preserves an unusually complete Edo-period Shin Buddhist precinct within modern Nagoya.

At the south-east corner of Renkei-ji in Agui, Aichi, this east-facing great gate of 1896 rests on unusually dense packed bracketry. Registered nationally in 2013.

Standing at the southeast corner of Renkeiji, a Jodo Shinshu Otani-ha temple in Agui Town, Aichi Prefecture, the Renkeiji Earthen Walls were built in 1951 as a unified composition with the temple's Main Gate. Registered as a National Tangible Cultural Property in 2013, the walls combine stone-block foundations, vertical wood plank wainscoting, white plaster, and pantile roofing — an elegant expression of traditional Japanese boundary architecture.

Renkei-ji Hondo, located in Aguicho on Aichi Prefecture's Chita Peninsula, is a remarkably large Jodo Shinshu main hall completed in 1811 by the renowned Yokomatsu carpenters of Edo-period Aichi. Designated a National Registered Tangible Cultural Property in 2013, the hall preserves rare architectural features including a four-pillar three-bay front porch, round outer-sanctuary pillars, and a stunning double-folded coffered ceiling above its inner sanctuary — a hidden treasure of regional Japanese craftsmanship.