Registered Tangible Cultural Properties of Aichi

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.

The Horibe Family Residence Workshop is an 1893 storeroom, farm shed, and silkworm room on a former samurai plot in Inuyama, registered in 2006. Plan and visiting.

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.

The Horibe Family Residence Detached Parlor is a Taisho-era tatami reception wing with glass shoji verandas in Inuyama, registered in 2006. Rooms and visiting hours.

The Horibe Family Residence Corridor is an 1893 covered passage on a former samurai plot in Inuyama, Aichi, registered in 2006. Layout, walls, and visiting hours.

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.

Masumida Shrine North Gate and Lattice Fence, Ichinomiya, Aichi: a 1955 yakuimon gate and 99-meter openwork fence around the Main Hall, registered in 2007. Access.

Masumida Shrine Saimonden, Ichinomiya, Aichi: a 1956 gabled ritual hall, 12 by 8.9 meters, linking the worship hall to the Main Hall, registered in 2007. Access.

Masumida Shrine Main Hall and Connecting Hall, Ichinomiya, Aichi: a 1954 nagare-zukuri hall in Kiso cypress, registered in 2006 for its proportion. Access tips.

This middle Meiji storehouse in Handa City has walls plastered to the eaves and a single window. Linked to the main house by a corridor, it was registered in 2024.

Built around 1884 on the Morozaki road in Handa City, this merchant house pairs a working plan of seven rooms with tea-room detailing, and was registered in 2024.

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.

The Mano Family Residence Main House is an 1894 two-story townhouse at the south gateway to Inuyama castle town, registered in 2005 for its toriniwa plan and lattice

The Mano Family Residence High Wall is an 1894 roofed timber wall, 29 meters long and 5 meters high, at a lender's compound in Inuyama castle town; registered 2005.

The Mano Family Residence Storehouse is an 1894 two-story earthen-walled kura of 121 square meters at the back of a lender's compound in Inuyama, registered in 2005.

The Mano Family Residence Detached Room is an 1894 single-story guest pavilion with an 8-mat tatami room behind a lender's main house in Inuyama, registered in 2005.