Registered Tangible Cultural Properties of Japan

Yokoyama Sake Brewery Store in Nanbu, Yamanashi: a shop-house of about 1916 filling a triangular plot, with imitation-stone walls and a third floor added c. 1953.

Granite wine fermentation tanks of 1901 at the Lumiere winery in Fuefuki, Yamanashi, ten in a row and said to be Japan's first European-style; still used today.

A 1910 farmhouse in Nagahama, Shiga, with a six-room plan, a lacquered reception room facing an Edo-period garden and a silkworm loft upstairs. Registered in 2025.

A late Edo-period thatched yakuimon gate at the Akada house in Nagahama, Shiga, flanked by tiled wing walls, with log rafters and a side wicket. Registered in 2025.

A 1917 two-storey clay storehouse at the Akada house in Nagahama, Shiga, with white lime plaster over washed-mortar walls, a granite base and an okiyane roof.

A 1916 guest pavilion at the Akada house in Nagahama, Shiga, with connected tatami rooms, a three-mat study, a round window and a bark-covered red pine alcove post.

A 1967 outbuilding at the Akada house in Nagahama, Shiga, with weatherboard and sheet-iron walls, forming the estate's street front beside its thatched gate.

The former YMCA hall of Omihachiman, Shiga, built in 1935 and now the Andrews Memorial Hall, pairs Japanese and Western rooms under red glazed tiles and white walls.

Anyoin Temple Amida Hall, built in 1934 at a Saikyoji sub-temple in Otsu, sits on rough stones and echoes a Zen abbot's quarters with verandas on all four sides.

Anyoin Temple Storehouse, a 2-storey kura of 1934 beside the Amida Hall at a Saikyoji sub-temple in Otsu, has mortar and lime walls and a torii-shaped doorway.

Anyoin Temple Priests' Quarters, a 1928 residence at a Saikyoji sub-temple in Otsu, is its largest building at 175 square metres, with a broad roof and kitchen wing.

Anyoin Temple Jizo Hall, a pyramid-roofed hall at a Saikyoji sub-temple in Otsu dated to the late Edo period by weathering, has an ornate carved transom in front.

Anyoin Temple Shoin, a small 1930 residence at a Saikyoji sub-temple in Otsu, has an alcove room, its own kitchen and an L-shaped corridor facing the garden.

Anyoin Temple Shoten Hall, the oldest hall at a Saikyoji sub-temple in Otsu, joins an earthen-walled late-Edo sanctuary under a pyramid roof to a worship room.

Anyoin Temple Benten Hall, a tiny copper-roofed hall of 1935 at a Saikyoji sub-temple in Otsu, keeps the full wayo vocabulary of brackets, railings and coffering.

Anyoin Temple Gate, the 1927 entrance to a Saikyoji sub-temple in Otsu, is a 1.8-metre yakuimon gate with plain eaves and bold carving, registered in 2001.

Anyoin Temple Worship Hall, a small 1933 hall linked to the Shoten Hall at a Saikyoji sub-temple in Otsu, has gently curved eaves, a lattice gable and slat windows.

Timber chapel of 1937 at the former Omi Sanatorium in Omihachiman, Shiga, built for tuberculosis patients and staff, with white walls and round arches; still used.

Main building of 1918 of the Omi Sanatorium in Omihachiman, Shiga, funded by Mary Tucker, with half-octagonal wings and wide windows for light and air.

Enjuin Temple Main Hall in Higashiomi, Shiga: a small Jodo Buddhist hall of 1711, 3 bays by 4, built with stout timbers and carved transoms between its sanctuaries.

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