Registered Tangible Cultural Properties of Akita

A 1921 storehouse rendered in washed mortar and scored to imitate stone, with a light roof placed above its earthen one and curved brackets beneath the windows.

Completed in 1928 beside the main house, this compact wing sets two Western rooms and two Japanese rooms across a central corridor, behind ochre roughcast walls.

The North Fermentation Storehouse at Kunibanzai Shuzo, Akita's last working brewery, is an early Showa earthen vault whose decorated doors echo its older neighbours.

The Workshop at Kunibanzai Shuzo, Araya, Akita, is a late-Meiji L-shaped timber hall linking the brewing rooms and main house: kettles south, pressing north.

Built in 1915, the Main House of Kunibanzai Shuzo faces the old coastal highway by the Omono River, its counting room and parlour along a through earthen passage.

Built in 1908 and eighteen ken long, this is the oldest and longest fermentation storehouse at Kunibanzai Shuzo, its entrance a showcase of layered lime plasterwork.

The smallest building at Kunibanzai Shuzo, this early-Showa koji room grows the mould that starts each batch of sake, its plaster walls capped by English-bond brick.

This 1908 storehouse behind the Main House, the only two-storey vault at Kunibanzai Shuzo, began as a document store and now cultivates the brewery's yeast starter.

Discover the Konishi Family Residence Zashiki-gura, a Registered Tangible Cultural Property in Yokote, Akita. This 1922 earthen storehouse showcases exceptional Taisho-era craftsmanship with black lacquer doors and a powerful timber interior.

A magnificent Meiji-era thatched farmhouse in the Yuwa district of Akita City, originally built for the village headman of the Ōmiya family. This Registered Tangible Cultural Property showcases the distinctive chūmon-zukuri style and offers kiritanpo-making experiences and traditional room rentals.

A 12-meter-diameter reinforced concrete circular water distribution works sitting at the apex of the Rokugo alluvial fan in Misato Town, Akita Prefecture. Completed in 1938, its 180 inner-cylinder orifices and outer partition plates have divided the Maruko River among ten communities for over 85 years — and it was designated as a National Registered Tangible Cultural Property in December 2024.

The Great Buddha Hall of Chokokuj Temple in Yurihonjo City, Akita, houses the magnificent Akada Great Buddha — a gold-leafed Eleven-Faced Kannon standing nearly nine meters tall. This Registered Tangible Cultural Property is Akita's only large-scale Buddhist hall, faithfully rebuilt in the Meiji era with exquisite carvings and paintings by renowned artisans.

Deep in Akita's Nyūtō Onsen Village, the Honjin of Tsuru-no-Yu Onsen is a long thatched-roof lodging that preserves the atmosphere of an Edo-era therapeutic hot spring retreat. Originally the quarters of samurai guards accompanying Lord Satake Yoshitaka on his 1638 visit, the current Meiji-era structure was registered as a National Tangible Cultural Property in 2010. Its milky-white outdoor baths and irori hearth meals offer a rare immersion in a vanishing slice of rural Japan.

Tenshikan, located along the Meiji Centennial Road in Kosaka, Akita Prefecture, is a Western-style nursery school built in 1932 for the children of Kosaka Mine workers. Featuring German-style clapboard walls and a Renaissance-inspired entrance porch, it is a nationally Registered Tangible Cultural Property. Free to visit, it stands alongside other heritage landmarks including the former Kosaka Mine Office and the Korakukan theater.

Dedicated in 1949, the Tohoku Bible Baptist Jumonji Church is the only surviving building in Akita Prefecture designed by the renowned Vories Architectural Office. This single-story wooden chapel features a gable roof with bell tower and a column-free worship space, and was registered as a National Registered Tangible Cultural Property in 2018.

Discover the Toda Family Residence in Yokote, Akita — a beautifully preserved 1916 farmhouse registered as a National Tangible Cultural Property. Admire its curved gable entrance, wrap-around verandas, and elegant proportions crafted by master carpenter Neda Tominosuke.

Standing on a hilltop overlooking the western shore of Lake Towada, the Towada Hotel Main Building is a magnificent three-story wooden structure completed in 1938. Built ahead of the planned 1940 Tokyo Olympics, it was crafted by 80 master shrine carpenters from three prefectures using abundant natural Akita cedar. It was designated a Registered Tangible Cultural Property of Japan in 2003.

Built in 1938, last of a row of warehouses, keeping a number with nothing left to count. A king post truss inside, washed granite on the signboard gable.

The only Naba Kamiten building with a firm date, 1897, and the largest storehouse at 157 square metres. Black plaster outside, a boat bracket at the ridge.

Rebuilt after Akita's 1886 Tawaraya Fire and registered in 2014, this 463-square-metre townhouse still trades as a washi paper shop. Low Edo roof, exposed beams.

Akita’s registered properties across designations, with featured heritage and travel notes.

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