Registered Tangible Cultural Properties of Japan

Built in 1921 in the courtyard of an Ise inn, the Asanokan Storehouse pairs black lime plaster with wave-motif tiles above its inward-facing window. Registered 2014.

The Asanokan Banquet Wing of 1895 holds an eighty-mat hall under a coved coffered ceiling, with a shoin-style alcove wall and a rear door onto the beach at Ise.

The Asahi Elementary School Circular Building in Mie, a 1962 four-storey round school with a column-free hall, is a peak work of Sakamoto Kanao. Registered 2013.

Asahi Town Folk Museum in Mie: a 1916 timber village office near the old Tokaido, with its assembly hall upstairs, now a folk museum open Wednesdays and Saturdays.

Anorisaki Lighthouse in Shima, Mie: a 16-metre square concrete tower of 1948 that replaced an 1873 wooden light at the mouth of Matoya Bay. Open to climb.

Amikan Head Office in Yokkaichi, Mie: an early Showa office of timber-framed concrete with a rounded corner, scratch tile walls, tall windows and a rooftop tower.

Amikan Head Office Main Gate in Yokkaichi, Mie: an early Showa concrete gate whose 3.1-metre posts have domed tops, flanked by a long brick wall on either side.

Amikan Head Office Brick Wall in Yokkaichi, Mie: a 46-metre early Showa brick wall with pilasters every 2.2 metres, a solid reminder of modern industry.

Uenoshi Station in Iga, Mie, a three-storey timber station of 1917 built for the Iga Tramway, crosses two gambrel roofs and is loved as a landmark of the town.

The Ota Arch Bridge of 1916 on the Iga Railway in Iga, Mie, runs a brick tunnel under the track between stone portals with a granite keystone, locally called Manbo.

The Ota No. 2 Culvert of 1916 on the Iga Railway in Iga, Mie, carries the track on 23 granite beams laid over stone piers, and still serves as a city road.

The Kuwamachi Overbridge on the Iga Railway in Iga, Mie, is a brick arch of 1922 over a single track, with cross-pierced parapets and a diagonal brick band.

Ishikawa Sake Brewery Well House is a late Meiji open shelter in Yokkaichi whose four inward-leaning posts carry a tiled roof over a stone-curbed courtyard well.

Ishikawa Sake Brewery Great Brewhouse, built in 1916 in Yokkaichi, is a 32.8-metre, black-clad brewhall over 10 metres tall that still produces sake today in Mie.

Ishikawa Sake Brewery Steaming House is a late Meiji hall in Yokkaichi where rice was washed and steamed, with open roof framing and a ridge ventilator for steam.

Ishikawa Sake Brewery North Archive Storehouse is an early Showa vault in Yokkaichi, built to copy its late Meiji neighbour's white plaster and eaves band.

Ishikawa Sake Brewery Former Rice Storehouse is a mid Meiji grain store in Yokkaichi, beside the old rice mill, with a stone-framed door and exposed roof framing.

Ishikawa Sake Brewery Former Rice Mill is a mid Meiji rice-polishing hall in Yokkaichi with artificial-stone door frames, set by the main gate and family house.

Ishikawa Sake Brewery Artesian Well, built in 1916 in Yokkaichi, is a set of brick and concrete tanks for self-flowing water that gave the label Fukii its name.

Ishikawa Sake Brewery Main House, built in 1891 in Yokkaichi, Mie, is a black-plastered brewer's home with a through passage and six rooms, framing the street front.

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