Registered Tangible Cultural Properties of Japan

Visit the Sasaki Sake Brewery Main Building, a Registered Tangible Cultural Property in Tobe Town, Ehime. Built around 1908, this Meiji-era sake house preserves the streetscape of a once-thriving mountain highway village in Shikoku.

The Butokuden in Niihama City, Ehime Prefecture, is a wooden martial arts hall built in 1938 and registered as a National Tangible Cultural Property. Distinguished by its layered chidori-hafu gable and irimoya-zukuri entrance porch, it is one of Japan's rare surviving prewar Butokuden halls that continues to serve as an active martial arts training facility.

Discover Mikame Tunnel, a beautifully preserved Taisho-era brick tunnel in Seiyo City, Ehime Prefecture. Registered as a Tangible Cultural Property of Japan, this 317-meter civil engineering heritage site features elegant stone and brick portal design from 1917.

Discover Minakuchi Sake Brewery's Taisho-era shop and main house, a nationally registered tangible cultural property near Dogo Onsen. Explore its unique blend of Japanese and Western architecture, sake heritage, and craft beer culture in Matsuyama, Ehime Prefecture.

Discover Myojo Soan, a beautifully restored Taisho-period thatched-roof farmhouse in Kihoku Town, Ehime Prefecture. Explore traditional rural life, a suikinkutsu water chime, and the scenic Hiyoshi district mountains.

The stone wall at Myosenji Temple in Onishi, Imabari City, Ehime Prefecture, is a National Registered Tangible Cultural Property built in two phases in 1838 and 1857 through donations from surrounding villages. Featuring granite from Yuzue-jima Island and various local stones, it showcases the refined masonry techniques of the late Edo period. Surviving construction documents that record the exact dates and names of the artisans make it an exceptionally well-documented heritage site.

Discover the Myosenji Bell Tower Gate (Shōrōmon) in Imabari, Ehime — a nationally registered tangible cultural property built in 1840. This rare one-bay, two-story gate features exquisite late Edo-period carvings and a suspended temple bell.

Standing at the entrance of Meiseki-ji, the 43rd temple of the Shikoku 88 Temple Pilgrimage in Ehime Prefecture, the Niomon is a striking three-by-two-bay irimoya-style two-story gate. Distinctive red tiles, dragon-adorned ridge tiles, and rare Fujin and Raijin guardian statues make it a fascinating example of regional temple architecture. Registered as a Tangible Cultural Property of Japan in 2007, it preserves the artistic and spiritual heritage of southwestern Shikoku.

The Main Hall of Meiseki-ji Temple in Seiyo City, Ehime Prefecture, serves as the principal building of the 43rd sacred site on the Shikoku Pilgrimage and was registered as a National Tangible Cultural Property in 2007. Constructed between 1882 and 1890 by master carpenters of the Ikata school, this five-bay-square hall features a striking red Sekishu-tile roof and an elaborate karahafu front porch adorned with intricate carvings of dragons, phoenixes, and mythical beasts. Discover a thousand-year-old temple where the heritage of Genko-zan Enshu-in Meiseki-ji meets the finest craftsmanship of Meiji-era religious architecture.

The Ichiki Dental Clinic in Chikusei City, Ibaraki Prefecture, is a two-story wooden building with wire-mesh concrete finishing constructed in 1922. Rebuilt with fire prevention in mind after a devastating fire from a neighboring property, it stands as one of Japan's few surviving examples of this rare construction technique. Registered as a national Tangible Cultural Property in 1999, the clinic blends a Western exterior with traditional Japanese interiors, offering a fascinating glimpse into Taisho-era architectural culture.

The east gate of the Iwase residence in Tsuchiura, Ibaraki, was the everyday entrance to a former Edo village headman's compound. A registered cultural property.

A long timber wall, roofed in copper and folding for about 46 metres, screens the Iwase residence in Tsuchiura, Ibaraki, the estate of a former Edo village headman.

The miso storehouse of the Iwase residence in Tsuchiura, Ibaraki, a former headman's estate, is a two-storey timber store with deep lean-to eaves and white plaster.

The estate storehouse of the Iwase residence in Tsuchiura, Ibaraki, held a former headman's household goods. A two-storey earthen dozo finished in black plaster.

The Ushioda sodegura is a tall storehouse adjoining the shop, gable to the street. Built in 1912, a door opens to the shop counter, forming one unified merchant frontage.

The Ushioda villa is a wooden hanare linked to the shop by a corridor. Built in early Meiji, it is a refined sukiya reception room with alcove, shelves and a shoin bay.

The black-plastered shop storehouse of the Ushioda kimono merchants stands on a Makabe corner. Built in 1910, it was the old town's first registered cultural property.

The Ushioda wakigura stands set back north of the shop and wing. Dated to 1897 or earlier, it is the oldest of the four and served the private life of the merchant house.

Discover the Kasama City Historical Folk Museum, a nationally registered tangible cultural property in Ibaraki Prefecture. This 1937 wooden Western-style former town hall showcases early Showa civic architecture alongside archaeological and folk exhibits from the Kasama region.

Discover the Kami Power Plant Intake in Hitachi-Ōta, Ibaraki Prefecture — a Nationally Registered Tangible Cultural Property built in 1919. Explore this Taishō-era hydroelectric facility on the Satogawa River.

The complete kokuhō catalogue — browse by prefecture, period, and category.

Nationwide jūyō bunkazai — architecture, sculpture, painting, crafts, and documents.

UNESCO-inscribed cultural and natural sites across the archipelago.