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14,499 total Registered Tangible Cultural Properties 47 prefectures
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Iimori Sake Brewery Main House
Saga 大正 Registered Tangible Cultural Properties
Iimori Sake Brewery Main House

Iimori Sake Brewery Main House in Kashima, Saga, is a late Taisho brewer's house on the Tara road, plastered over its posts in the east, posts exposed in the west.

Io-Ji Temple Gate
Saga 江戸 Registered Tangible Cultural Properties
Io-Ji Temple Gate

The gate of Ioji in Karatsu, Saga, built in 1821 in front of the main hall, is a sturdy gabled gate with a cloud-patterned strut between its rear posts.

Io-Ji Temple Main Hall
Saga 江戸 Registered Tangible Cultural Properties
Io-Ji Temple Main Hall

The main hall of Ioji in Karatsu, Saga, built in 1778, is a hip-and-gable hall with a six-room plan, a standard example of a Soto Zen temple hall of the Edo period.

Ushizu Red Brick Hall (former Tanakamaru Shoten Brick Warehouse)
Saga 明治 Registered Tangible Cultural Properties
Ushizu Red Brick Hall (former Tanakamaru Shoten Brick Warehouse)

The Ushizu Red Brick Hall, a mid-Meiji brick warehouse of a leading merchant house in the post town of Ushizu, Saga, is loved as a symbol of the once-thriving town.

Ushizu Town Hall (former Tanakamaru Family Residence)
Saga 大正 Registered Tangible Cultural Properties
Ushizu Town Hall (former Tanakamaru Family Residence)

The former Tanakamaru residence in Ushizu, Saga, built in the early Taisho era for a Kyushu business leader, hides a delicate sukiya interior behind its grand front.

Otanikawa Tunnel
Saga 明治 Registered Tangible Cultural Properties
Otanikawa Tunnel

The Otanikawa Tunnel in Karatsu, Saga, is a brick flood tunnel of 1911, 92 metres long and dug by the local people, its portals shaped like torii gates.

Okada Saburosuke Atelier
Saga 明治 Registered Tangible Cultural Properties
Okada Saburosuke Atelier

The Okada Saburosuke Atelier at Saga Castle, a painter's studio of about 1908 moved from Tokyo, keeps the room where he taught women painters and is free to visit.

Ganshoji Temple Main Entrance
Saga 昭和前 Registered Tangible Cultural Properties
Ganshoji Temple Main Entrance

The Ganshoji Temple Main Entrance in Saga, built in 1934, fronts a 24.7-metre gabled wing with a grand hipped porch, curved-top windows and a column-free hall.

Ganshoji Temple Great Hall
Saga 昭和前 Registered Tangible Cultural Properties
Ganshoji Temple Great Hall

Built in 1934, the Ganshoji Temple Great Hall in Saga uses a Western king post truss to roof one 80-mat room, with a Buddhist altar and alcoves at its north end.

Ganshoji Temple Kihinshitsu Guest Hall
Saga 江戸 Registered Tangible Cultural Properties
Ganshoji Temple Kihinshitsu Guest Hall

The Ganshoji Temple Kihinshitsu Guest Hall in Saga, said to have received the domain lord, pairs a ten-mat study with a twenty-mat room, fine transoms and lacquer.

Ganshoji Temple Main Gate
Saga 明治 Registered Tangible Cultural Properties
Ganshoji Temple Main Gate

The Ganshoji Temple Main Gate in Saga, dated 1912 by the temple, is a 4.6-metre four-legged gate with scroll-carved beams, openwork doors and flower lattice sides.

Ganshoji Temple Bell Tower
Saga 江戸 Registered Tangible Cultural Properties
Ganshoji Temple Bell Tower

Rebuilt in 1768 on a 1696 stone base, the Ganshoji Temple Bell Tower in Saga is said to have rung the hours for the castle town. It still sounds on New Year's Eve.

Ganshoji Temple Main Hall
Saga 江戸 Registered Tangible Cultural Properties
Ganshoji Temple Main Hall

Built in 1702, the Ganshoji Temple Main Hall in Saga is among Kyushu's largest and oldest Shin halls: plain eaves outside, carved transoms and a long beam within.

Former Matsuno Family Residence (Noguchi Family Residence) Main House
Saga 明治 Registered Tangible Cultural Properties
Former Matsuno Family Residence (Noguchi Family Residence) Main House

A c.1909 main house in the hills of Saga City with two hipped-and-gabled roofs set at right angles, a formal shikidai entrance and an altar room in wiped lacquer.

Former Matsuno Family Residence (Noguchi Family Residence) Outbuilding
Saga 明治 Registered Tangible Cultural Properties
Former Matsuno Family Residence (Noguchi Family Residence) Outbuilding

The oldest building on a Saga hill estate, an early Meiji storeroom with a formal tatami room that also lodged the village youth group. Registered in 2024.

Former Matsuno Family Residence (Noguchi Family Residence) Water Intake Pond
Saga 大正 Registered Tangible Cultural Properties
Former Matsuno Family Residence (Noguchi Family Residence) Water Intake Pond

An early Taishō pond fed by a channel on a Saga hill estate, held in U-shaped granite walls with a concrete footbridge, registered in 2024 for its fine stonework.

Former Matsuno Family Residence (Noguchi Family Residence) Gateposts and Stone Walls
Saga 大正 Registered Tangible Cultural Properties
Former Matsuno Family Residence (Noguchi Family Residence) Gateposts and Stone Walls

Early Taishō granite gateposts with edokiri corners and 55 meters of curving stone wall enclosing an old family estate in the hills of Saga City, registered in 2024.

Kuretake Sake Brewery Ichibangura (First Storehouse)
Saga 明治 Registered Tangible Cultural Properties
Kuretake Sake Brewery Ichibangura (First Storehouse)

Mid-Meiji earthen-walled sake storehouse in Hizen-Hamashuku, Kashima, Saga, with work floor, rice-washing area and koji room; the core of the Kuretake brewery.

Koeigiku Sake Brewery Washing Room and Kettle Room
Saga 昭和前 Registered Tangible Cultural Properties
Koeigiku Sake Brewery Washing Room and Kettle Room

Twin gabled workshops of the early Showa era at Koeigiku Sake Brewery in Ogi, Saga, where rice was washed and steamed over a cauldron sunk in the floor. Listed 2021.

Koeigiku Sake Brewery Chimney
Saga 昭和前 Registered Tangible Cultural Properties
Koeigiku Sake Brewery Chimney

A tapering English-bond brick chimney about 11 metres tall, with a four-step moulded cap and iron-braced corners, serving the kettle room of Koeigiku Sake Brewery.