Meiji
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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.
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.
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.
A registered 1872 farmhouse in Kira, Aichi, built by a coastal shipping family. Its drama is overhead: a well-crib roof frame above the earthen-floored rooms.
The Sahashi Family Residence in Inuyama, known as Toraya, is a mid-Meiji townhouse registered in 2007 for its balustraded upper windows and black-plaster end bays.
Shibata Family Residence Main House in Kiyosu, Aichi, is an 1896 candy merchant's townhouse on the Minoji road, registered in 2006. Crossed beams and annual opening.
Added in 1893 beside its older neighbour in the former Narumi post town of Nagoya, Naka Storehouse joins under a dropped roof and hides an iron tie in its frame.
Built in 1891 in the old Narumi post town of Nagoya, the black-plastered two-storey Momiji Storehouse of the Shimozato Chiyokura house was registered in 2024.
Discover Jakkō-in Hondō, a registered cultural property in Inuyama, Aichi. Rebuilt in 1879, this graceful main hall sits on Mt. Tsugao surrounded by 1,000 maple trees, blending Buddhist tradition with stunning seasonal beauty.
The smallest of the seven, this late-Meiji tea room is barely four mats. Tradition credits it to local master Shimomura Mitsuyoshi, and bamboo runs throughout.
A Kobo Daishi hall of 1909 at Shounji, a Zen temple in Inuyama's old castle town, with three ten-mat rooms under coffered ceilings. Registered in 2012.
This late Meiji bell tower at Shounji Temple in Inuyama fits classical carpentry, brackets and frog-leg struts, into 18 square meters. Registered in 2012.
Joshoji Temple Main Hall in Toyota, Aichi, is an 1898 Shin Buddhist hall about 20 meters square, registered in 2005. Carved details, priests' quarters, and access.
A mid-Meiji reception wing beside the main house in Isshiki, Nishio, registered in 2022. Two rooms of 10 mats, an alcove with shelves, a polished cedar post.
Built in 1879, the Suzuki Family Residence Storehouse in Aisai City is the oldest of four registered structures here, eleven years older than the main house.
The Suzuki Family Residence Rice Storehouse in Aisai City, a middle Meiji earthen store for the family's reclaimed paddy, has held a century-old Steinway since 2023.
Built in 1890 at Saya in Aisai City, the Suzuki Family Residence Main House holds a formal principal room, a temple-like altar room and a sukiya tea room.
Discover the Seto Eisen Church Chapel, a Registered Tangible Cultural Property built in 1900 in Seto City, Aichi. This charming wooden chapel blends Western and Japanese architectural techniques and remains an active place of worship today.
Built around 1896 in Nagoya, Zengyoji Temple Bell Tower packs Zen-style bracketing and fan rafters into 7.6 square metres on a rough stone base. Registered 2018.
Zenryuji Temple Entrance Hall in Okazaki, Aichi, was built in 1898. Three rooms in a row, a curved gable at the centre, one coffered ceiling for the formal room.