Registered Tangible Cultural Properties of Japan

A two-storey earthen storehouse of about 1912 on the Kawasaki estate by the old Tokaido in Tehara, Ritto; the smallest of three, it adjoins the South Storehouse.

A 1903 house set back from the old Tokaido in Tehara, Ritto: plastered loft storey, gently swelling tiled roof with smoke vent, stepped east end. Registered 1998.

A 2-storey earthen storehouse of about 1912 by the old Tokaido in Tehara, Ritto, with a canopied west window; larger than the North Storehouse, its ridge sits lower.

A former rice storehouse of the early Showa era behind a Tokaido townhouse in Ritto, Shiga, twice the east storehouse's size, with a tall skirting and curved roof.

A 1903 townhouse on the old Tokaido in Ritto, Shiga, registered for keeping the local Edo-era form: bengara-red lattices, a plastered loft and a smoke-vented ridge.

An early Showa guest wing behind a Tokaido townhouse in Ritto, Shiga: a 2-storey block with a hipped-and-gabled shoin, showing how local houses changed.

A small mid-Meiji earthen storehouse beside a townhouse on the old Tokaido in Ritto, Shiga, its gable to the road, with eaves moulding and a separate okiyane roof.

Above the main hall of Kawaraya-ji in Shiga, this small 1700 founder's hall honours the monk who revived the temple and shows the Zen style at close range.

Built in 1725, this sutra hall at Kawaraya-ji holds an octagonal revolving scripture case and bold shrimp-beam framing. It is the one building listed for design merit.

The largest building at Kawaraya-ji, this 1871 priests' quarters greets guests with a cusped karahafu entrance and bold beam framing over its earthen-floored kitchen.

Linked to the main hall by a covered corridor, this mid-1640s hall at Kawaraya-ji is thought to be its former main hall, marked by the raigō pillars still at its altar.

Before the main hall, this mid-1640s bell tower at Kawaraya-ji rises on sixteen-faceted posts splayed outward for strength. Hanging its bell marked the temple's revival.

The smallest of Kawaraya-ji's seven listed buildings, this 1818 hall of barely three square metres packs full Zen detail around Binzuru, the arhat rubbed for healing.

A late Meiji storehouse in Hikone whose ridge rests on curved beams, unlike the Western frame of its near-identical twin next door. Registered in 2013.

An early Meiji townhouse in Hikone with a white plastered upper storey, firewall wings, a projecting lattice and a low komayose railing. Registered 2013.

The largest of the compound's four storehouses, an early Meiji building at the northwest corner with canopied gable windows and sloping roof beams. Registered 2013.

The oldest of the Ishibashi compound's 11 buildings: a low late Edo townhouse with a tsushi-nikai half storey, a mushiko window and a firewall wing. Registered 2013.

A late Meiji storehouse in Hikone with white plaster walls, a south gable door and a lean-to shared with its twin, yet a Western-style roof frame. Registered 2013.

A late Meiji townhouse in Hikone's Serimachi with a 2-storey street block, courtyard and rear living wing, the largest of three main houses. Registered 2013.

A freestanding late Edo rice storehouse behind the main house in Taga, Shiga, 7.4 by 3.8 meters, with white sheet-iron walls, a plank skirt and a canopied west door.

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