Registered Tangible Cultural Properties of Aichi

On the south edge of Nagoya University's Tsurumai campus, this 1914 gate keeps two original granite posts under an arch, with a wall refaced in 1930. Listed in 2007.

Completed in 1960 at Nagoya University's Higashiyama campus, this exposed-concrete hall by Maki Fumihiko was listed in 2011, and its clock tower glows blue at night.

Discover Nagoya Ceramic Hall, a 1932 Expressionist landmark registered as a Tangible Cultural Property. Explore export ceramics, Art Deco interiors, and Nagoya's ceramic trade history.

The Main Hall of Shichisho Shrine in Nagoya's Minami Ward was registered as a national Tangible Cultural Property in 2018. Originally founded in the Heian period with seven deities from Atsuta Shrine, the Taisho-era hall features rare nagare-zukuri architecture with a hinoki-bark roof — a combination that survived WWII bombings and is now extremely rare in Nagoya. Visitors can also enjoy a 1,000-year-old sacred camphor tree and beautiful seasonal goshuin stamps.

Narumi Tegashi Shrine in Inuyama City, Aichi Prefecture, is an ancient Shikinaisha listed in the Heian-era Engishiki shrine register. Its Saimon-den, a ceremonial prayer hall built around 1917, features a distinctive intersecting roofline that defines the shrine's sacred frontage. Registered as a national tangible cultural property in 2024, this Taisho-era hall is part of a remarkable ensemble of six registered buildings including an exquisitely carved main hall and a charming Benten hall beside a spring-fed pond.

A shrine office of about 1917 in Inuyama, Aichi, registered in 2024. At 69 square metres it is the largest of the 6 buildings here, and its plan reads like a house.

A worship hall of about 1917 in Inuyama, Aichi, registered in 2024. Open on all 4 sides, it shows its brackets, doubled rafters and latticed coffered ceiling.

A screen fence of about 1917 in Inuyama, Aichi, registered in 2024. Only 3.3 metres long, it blocks the sightline along the approach, a form particular to Owari.

A Buddhist hall of 1865 beside a spring-fed pond in Inuyama, Aichi, registered in 2024. The oldest building here, with a pyramidal roof and a painted ceiling.

A one-bay sanctuary of 1917 in Inuyama, Aichi, registered in 2024. Just 5.2 square metres, it stacks a dormer gable over a cusped canopy and is carved throughout.

Completed in 1932 as the main building of the former Nanzan Junior High School, Reiners Hall was designed by Swiss architect Max Hinder. Featuring distinctive ochre terrazzo walls and unique triangular parapet cutouts, it was registered as a National Tangible Cultural Property in 1998. Today it houses the Nanzan Archives, preserving the history of one of Japan's leading Catholic educational institutions.

Discover the Iwase Bunko Storehouse in Nishio, Aichi — a nationally registered tangible cultural property built around 1919. This striking brick archive once protected over 80,000 rare books and stands as a symbol of one philanthropist's devotion to public learning.

A registered cultural property in Nishio, Aichi, this small wooden hall opened around 1925 as the Iwase Bunko children's library, its windows set low for children.

Nishikomaya Tamura Family Residence Main House, a late-Meiji brewer's townhouse on the old Tokaido in Toyohashi registered in 2014: six-room plan, lattice, eaves.

Nishikomaya Tamura Family Residence Storehouse, a late-Meiji earthen-walled vault behind a brewer's house in Toyohashi, registered in 2014: plaster front, boarding.

Built in 1934 as the joint sales office of the Japan Ceramics Industry Federation, this reinforced concrete office building in Nagoya's Higashi Ward features lavish ceramic tile and travertine interiors with refined Art Deco detailing. Registered as a National Tangible Cultural Property in 2015, it stands as a testament to Nagoya's historic role as Japan's largest ceramics export hub.

A 1958 Registered Tangible Cultural Property on Nagoya's Sakura-dori. The Yamashita office gave this modernist block ribbon windows, brown tile, and a curving stair.

Discover the Japan Evangelical Lutheran Okazaki Church in Aichi Prefecture, a 1953 wooden church designed by the Vories Architectural Office. Registered as a national tangible cultural property, this charming building features a distinctive red-tiled roof, white walls, and a cross-topped spire.

The Japan Evangelical Lutheran Resurrection Church in Nagoya's Higashi Ward is a wooden chapel designed by the Vories Architectural Office and completed in 1953. Rebuilt on Easter Sunday to replace a predecessor lost in wartime air raids, it is the only surviving Vories-designed building in Nagoya and was registered as a National Tangible Cultural Property in 2012. Its exposed scissors truss roof and iconic cruciform window exemplify the clear, dignified design that defines this architectural gem.

Nyoiji's 1826 four-legged gate in rural Toyota faces the main hall. A Registered Tangible Cultural Property, its bracketing and frog-leg struts are pure late Edo.