Registered Tangible Cultural Properties of Japan

The Gorin Daimyojin Shrine at Tsuma Shrine in Osaki, Kagoshima, registered in 2009, is a 1916 shelf-front shrine of 0.53 square metres with a curved porch beam.

The Sanno Shrine at Tsuma Shrine in Osaki, Kagoshima, registered in 2009, is a one-bay shrine of 1916 at the east end of the row, with saucer-plated porch blocks.

A pair of 4.4-metre cast-iron lamps of 1913 at Nanshu Shrine in Kagoshima, registered in 2006, among the few surviving products of the former Shuseikan works.

An 1867 storehouse on a gōshi estate in Tsuneyoshi, Soo City, dated by an ink inscription on a roof strut, with sloping beams, a gabled tile roof and deep eaves.

A late Edo gōshi house in Tsuneyoshi, Soo City, with the local samurai plan of three front rooms in a row, from the Hikae-no-ma entrance to the shoin-named zashiki.

A late Edo gate in the south stone wall of a gōshi estate in Tsuneyoshi, Soo City: tall posts carry the ridge, tie beams act as brackets, doors bear iron straps.

An early Meiji stone wall in Chiran, Kagoshima, running 78 m around three sides of a homestead, 0.53 to 2.7 m high, with a recessed east entrance; registered 2007.

An early Meiji house in Chiran, Kagoshima, built as two offset blocks, the nakae and omote, under gabled and hipped roofs with plastered gables; registered 2007.

An early Meiji two-storey storehouse in Chiran, Kagoshima: two plastered units joined end to end on cut-stone footings, renovated mid-Showa and registered in 2007.

A 1937 bank in central Kagoshima, registered in 1998, designed by Mikami Noboru with Corinthian columns rising through three floors and a curved rooftop tower.

A 220-metre stone breakwater completed in 1834 at Miyagahama, Ibusuki, Kagoshima, built by Shimazu Narioki and registered in 2008, with stepped faces and a lantern.

Built around 1916 in Yokogawa, Kirishima, the Moriyama Family Residence Stone Storehouse is a large timber-framed stone warehouse with two arched south doors.

The Moriyama Family Residence Former Workshop in Kajiki, Aira, is said to reuse timber from the 1851 Shuseikan, with adze-marked posts and an unusual roof frame.

Built in 1904 in Kajiki, Aira, the Moriyama Family Residence Main House splits guest and family space, with Yakushima cedar transoms and iron nail covers.

Built in 1904 in Kajiki, Aira, the Moriyama Family Residence Storehouse has an unusually tall stone base and canopy brackets cast by the family. Tours by booking.

A late Edo townhouse on the old harbour of Nishinoomote, Tanegashima, registered in 2017, with rooms along an earthen passage and a ship's-hull ceiling.

Built in 1897 on Nagata Point, Yakushima Lighthouse marked the sea route to Taiwan. The southernmost surviving Meiji-era brick lighthouse, it blends brick and granite.

Built in 1897 beside Yakushima Lighthouse, this 136-metre wall encloses its compound. Local granite carries three brick courses, finished as a coping against the coast.

A mid-Meiji house in Chiran, Kagoshima, registered in 2007. Its long ridge is hipped at one end and hip-and-gable at the other, with four room zones under one roof.

A mid-Meiji storehouse in Chiran, Kagoshima, registered in 2007. It stands where the farmstead meets the road, lime-plastered walls set on a base of dressed stone.

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