Registered Tangible Cultural Properties of Japan
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The Iwanuma Church in Miyagi, a stone chapel of 1930, has bare masonry walls, pointed-arch windows, a pyramidal tower and a ceiling raised on hammer beams.
The main house of the Oriza no Mori farmhouse inn in Kami, Miyagi, a silk farmer's house of 1890 moved from Kakuda, keeps the tall upper floor of the region's farms.
Fubokaku Grain Storehouse, an earthen store of about 1896 at Aone Onsen now a hot-spring bath: its black-plaster window frame and two recorded renovation dates.
Fubokaku Palace Building, or Aone Goten, a 1932 pavilion built for the former Date lords' kin: copper roof with chidori gables, raised main room, lattice ceiling.
Fubokaku Zashiki Storehouse, a store of about 1896 at Aone Onsen whose upper floor once lodged long-staying guests: its tilework, literary legends and access.
Fubokaku Annex, a Taisho-era timber guest wing at Aone Onsen, Miyagi: its chevron plan, identical rooms facing the garden, glazed windows and handrails, and access.
Fubokaku Archive Storehouse, an 1896 earthen store at Aone Onsen that escaped the fire of 1906: its ridge tablet, shared detached roof, plaster band and tilework.
Fubokaku Main Building, a two-storey timber guest hall of 1907 at Aone Onsen, Miyagi: its hip-and-gable carriage porch, cross-corridor plan and varied room fittings.
Fubokaku Gate, an early Showa munamon at an Aone Onsen inn: a 2.7-metre gabled gate with wing walls and a wicket door, tied to the Date lords' bath stewards.
Completed in 1941 on Tohoku University's Katahira campus, this concrete hall honours Kotaro Honda, who developed KS magnet steel. It was registered in 2021.
A two-story stone storehouse on the Matsuya property in Furukawa, Ōsaki. Late Meiji, its coursed sandstone, cornice and arched lintels show Western influence.
An inner gate on the Matsuya property in Furukawa, Ōsaki, facing the main house. A small early-Meiji munamon in the sukiya manner, behind the front gate.
The front gate at the SE corner of the Matsuya property in Furukawa, Ōsaki. A large early-Meiji zelkova munamon with a chrysanthemum-marked gable pendant.
A long earthen-walled storehouse on the Matsuya property in Furukawa, Ōsaki. Built in early Meiji for sugar, its 12-meter length reflects the family's wealth.
The main house of the wealthy Matsuya merchants in Furukawa, Ōsaki. Built in early Meiji, it lodged imperial household members during Emperor Meiji's tours.
A single-story wooden bean storehouse on the Matsuya property in Furukawa, Ōsaki. White plaster set between close-set pillars gives it a bold vertical stripe.
A two-story earthen-walled storehouse on the Matsuya property in Furukawa, Ōsaki. Late Edo in date, it is the site's oldest building, noted for its plasterwork.
A tiny household shrine on the Matsuya property in Furukawa, Ōsaki, within a protective shell. At 0.2 m² the smallest building, yet a full nagare-style shrine.
Built in 1923 as Isatomae Elementary School and later a night-school branch, this timber building survived the 2011 tsunami and was registered in 2017.
A tiny lignite store of about 1950 at Sendai's Miyagino Natto Factory, open on its yard side with a loading door facing the street. Registered 2019 with the boiler.
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