Registered Tangible Cultural Properties of Japan

Built in 1923 within the grounds of Kankyo Shuzo, a historic mirin brewery in Kanie, Aichi, this two-story wooden residence blends a refined shoin-style interior with a second-floor Western-style room. Registered as a national Tangible Cultural Property in 2005, it embodies the architectural transition of the Taisho era.

Completed in 1923 alongside the family residence, the Kankyo Mirin Residence Earthen Storehouse in Kanie, Aichi Prefecture is a two-story dozō registered as a Tangible Cultural Property of Japan in 2005. Located within the working compound of Kankyō Shuzō — a mirin and sake brewery founded in 1862 — it features striking black-plaster walls and an unusual direct connection to the main residence, embodying the riverside heritage of one of Japan's longest-running fermentation enterprises.

A storehouse built around 1924 for a town office in Aichi, hiding reinforced concrete walls under a traditional plastered look, now the local museum's collection store.

A 1924 town council hall in Aichi, registered as a cultural property in 2006. Its tall assembly chamber, coffered ceiling and public gallery survive as a free museum.

A 1926 martial arts hall in Okazaki, Aichi, built in reinforced concrete after the 1923 quake. Secession detailing outside, a hybrid truss spanning the floor within.

A timber school hall of about 1897 in Okazaki, Aichi, sold to a spinning mill in 1925 and moved onto its grounds. Said to be Japan's oldest of its kind.

A 1924 reinforced concrete martial arts hall on a working high school campus in Handa, Aichi. The oldest of its kind in the prefecture, restored in 2018.

Built in 1859 for a rice dealer and village headman in Okazaki, this registered merchant house sets a latticed townhouse front before a farmhouse plan of six rooms.

A ridge tag inside this 1859 storehouse in Okazaki names the same year and carpenter as the main house it faces. White plaster, boarding, a deep eave at the door.

Just 910 millimetres wide, this early Showa garden gate in Okazaki sets a cedar bark roof on adzed hexagonal posts and closes the view east from the reception room.

The Back Room of the Former Isobe Family Residence stands beyond an inner courtyard in Inuyama, Aichi. A Taisho parlor with low eaves, registered in 2005.

The Former Isobe Family Residence, Inner Storehouse of 1875 closes the rear garden of a merchant plot in Inuyama, Aichi. Its canopy timbers are fully plastered.

The Former Isobe Family Residence Main Building faces Honmachi Street in Inuyama, Aichi. Built in the 1860s for a kimono merchant, registered in 2005. Free entry.

The Former Isobe Family Storehouse of 1875 stands alone behind a merchant plot in Inuyama, Aichi. Namako tilework, stepped shutters, interior views on dry days.

The Former Isobe Family Residence Storage Shed of 1875 ends a long merchant plot in Inuyama, Aichi. A single central post carries its two wide floors.

An Edo-period thatched farmhouse in Nisshin, Aichi, framed in the local yotsudate system. An ink inscription dated 1709 was found during repairs. Free entry.

The Former Ito Main Building in Handa, Aichi, registered in 2022, is a late Edo brewer's house where an open beamed work floor gives way to a formal eight-mat room.

The Former Ito New Room in Handa, Aichi, registered in 2022, is a Meiji reception wing of three rooms in line, fitted out as a resting place for the Meiji Emperor.

The Former Ito Main Storehouse in Handa, Aichi, registered in 2022, is a late Edo earthen-walled store with tiled lattice work outside and zelkova columns within.

A Meiji pseudo-Western building on the grounds of the Toyota City Folk Craft Museum in Aichi. Twice relocated, it mixes four window types. Exterior viewing only.

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