Registered Tangible Cultural Properties of Japan

A 36-metre slatted fence of 1940 enclosing the innermost court at Omi Jingu in Otsu. Its diagonal braces are reinforced concrete and date from the original build.

A 36-metre slatted fence of 1940 at Omi Jingu in Otsu. From the fifth bay westward its small roof steps up one level to follow the fall of the sloping ground.

The south arm of the 1944 outer colonnade at Omi Jingu in Otsu. Once as long as the north arm, only three bays survive, yet the outer court still depends on them.

The full-length north arm of the 1944 outer colonnade at Omi Jingu in Otsu, 60 square metres. Round posts carry an open roof above a raised and railed veranda.

A five-bay roofed lattice fence of 1944 running to the north gate at Omi Jingu in Otsu. Square posts on a sill carry balance-arm brackets under a copper roof.

An eight-metre roofed lattice fence of 1944 at Omi Jingu. Its vermilion and white finish marks where the second building campaign meets the bare timber of the first.

The 1940 outer worship hall at Omi Jingu in Otsu, 157 square metres, where visitors pray. A stone stair is driven through its central bay beneath a curved gable.

The 1944 first torii at Omi Jingu in Otsu, 7.3 metres wide. A textbook myojin gate with curved upper members, inward-leaning round posts and a squared tie beam.

The 1940 second torii at Omi Jingu in Otsu, 6.4 metres wide, standing at the head of the approach steps. Visitors turn right here for the tower gate above.

Omi Shrine Middle Gate opens the innermost enclosure at the top of the stairway corridor. At 7 square metres it is the smallest of the shrine's 40 properties.

Omi Shrine Chozuya stands beside the steps to the gate, 18 square metres under a gabled roof, its corner posts leaning inward with braces at each angle.

Omi Shrine Imperial Envoy Entrance is a 22-square-metre porch for the emperor's messenger, crowned by a curved gable and divided within into floor and corridor.

Omi Shrine Inner Precinct Corridor, South closes the south of the courtyard with eight bays of latticed walkway, mirroring the northern arm at 129 square metres.

Omi Shrine Inner Precinct Corridor, North closes the courtyard's north side, absorbing the drop between the two worship halls with a flight of steps inside it.

Omi Shrine Inner Worship Hall of 1940 stands five bays by three on a stepped terrace, narrowing the route from the inner enclosure towards the sanctuary above.

Omi Shrine Climbing Corridor rises three bays from the Inner Worship Hall to the Middle Gate. Its curved ridge ties the level roofs above and below together.

Omi Shrine Noritosha is a single open bay in front of the sanctuary. Both canopy and deck, this 13-square-metre space is cited as the mark of Omi-zukuri.

Omi Shrine Main Hall, built in 1940, is a three-bay nagare-zukuri sanctuary under cypress bark. Registered in 1998, it heads the shrine's list of 40 properties.

Omi Shrine Wing Corridor, South runs four bays from the Middle Gate, with its two end bays walled in as a provisional room for preparing food offerings.

Omi Shrine Wing Corridor, North runs four bays from the Middle Gate, closing the east face of the innermost enclosure. Its rafters are left deliberately uncurved.

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