Registered Tangible Cultural Properties of Japan

The street wall of a registered ryotei in Kusatsu, Shiga, built around 1936 and running eleven metres. Knotted log posts stand on cut stone below red plaster.

A 1936 timber ryotei on a Kusatsu street corner, registered in 2008. Red plaster closes the street front; the garden side opens to an 80-mat hall with a stage.

An 1857 townhouse facing the old Nakasendo in Takamiya, Hikone, with its gable to the street, a broad earth-floored passage, eight rooms and a plastered facade.

A 20-meter roofed wall of the early Showa period enclosing a townhouse garden in Takamiya, Hikone, rising 3.1 meters above the stone bank of a small waterway.

An 1853 two-storey earthen storehouse in Takamiya, Hikone, older than the main house, with a plaster dragon on its door frame and walls sealed to the eaves.

An early Showa bracketed gate with a sliding door and short board walls, set on the old Nakasendo before an 1857 townhouse in Takamiya, Hikone, Shiga Prefecture.

Hogonji's 1942 main hall on Chikubushima, designed by Inui Kanematsu after the old hall went to the shrine in Meiji, with murals by Arai Kampo. Registered in 2025.

Early Meiji workshop where rice was washed and steamed at the old Nishikatsu brewery in Omihachiman. Timber walls and a roof vent mark it out. Registered 2022.

Early Meiji home of the old Nishikatsu sake brewery in Omihachiman. Its wide frontage, clay-screened windows and udatsu firewall shape the street. Registered 2022.

Brewing storehouse built in 1959 at the old Nishikatsu brewery in Omihachiman: concrete below, timber above, mortar walls and queen-post trusses. Registered 2022.

Mid Showa storehouse where koji was made at the old Nishikatsu brewery in Omihachiman. Lime plaster outside, sealed with boards inside for warmth. Registered 2022.

Early Meiji bottling storehouse at the old Nishikatsu brewery in Omihachiman, extended again and again until its roof stepped down in three stages. Registered 2022.

Pressing room built in 1911 at the old Nishikatsu brewery in Omihachiman, an earthen storehouse with a trussed roof. Now a rental hall with a stage for events.

Built in 1741, the oldest of nine buildings at the old Nishikatsu sake brewery in Omihachiman. Once lodging for brewery workers, it is now the Koyomi craft shop.

Early Meiji brewing storehouse with an attached passage storehouse at the old Nishikatsu brewery in Omihachiman. One central post carries its roof. Registered 2022.

Early Meiji storehouse where the yeast starter was raised at the old Nishikatsu sake brewery in Omihachiman. Now a rental hall where old wooden vats remain.

The Kannon Hall of Myokanji in Konan, Shiga, built in 1937 to a design by a Kyoto Imperial University lecturer, is a small Zen-style hall that recalls medieval work.

Myorakuji Temple Sutra Repository in Kinomoto, Shiga, is an 1899 earthen-walled sutra store registered in 2023, with a jewel finial and painted celestials inside.

Myorakuji Temple Priests' Quarters in Kinomoto, Shiga, is an An'ei-era temple residence registered in 2023, with a formal shikidai entrance and a lofty earthen hall.

Myorakuji Temple Main Gate in Kinomoto, Shiga, is an 1807 four-legged gate on the old Hokkoku Kaido, registered in 2023, with carved beam-ends seen from the street.