Registered Tangible Cultural Properties of Japan
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Built in 1916 on an irregular plot, Nakasada Shoten Daigo Storehouse has a trapezoidal plan and a low koji loft. Registered in 2016, it now holds a brewing museum.
A Meiji-period storehouse on the old Tokaido in Arimatsu, Nagoya. Registered in 2008, it shows black lime plaster, a washed plinth and fire-sealing doors upstairs.
An early Showa outbuilding in Arimatsu, Nagoya, running east of the main house. Its cobble footing, boarded wall and black plaster match the fence. Registered 2008.
An early Showa bracket-arm gate on the north edge of a dyer's property in Arimatsu, Nagoya, facing the Tekoshi River. Only 1.7 meters wide. Registered in 2008.
An 1843 farmhouse on the old Ina Kaido in Toyokawa, with a low tsushi attic, a pantiled gable roof and a sunken mulberry pit. Registered in 2022 and privately owned.
A 1910 reception house in Nakamura Park, Nagoya, built for Kato Kiyomasa's 300th anniversary, with a cusped-gable porch and fine tatami rooms. Registered property.
An early Meiji tea house in the taste of Omotesenke master Rokurokusai, moved to Nakamura Park in Nagoya in 1957, of simple and refined design. Registered property.
The 1961 cathedral of the Diocese of Nagoya in Higashi Ward, a Gothic church in exposed concrete with twin openwork spires and a soaring interior. Registered.
A 1927 railway bascule bridge at Nagoya Port by movable-bridge pioneer Yamamoto Utaro, preserved with its leaf raised at 78 degrees since the line closed.
Built in 1930 in Tsuruma Park, Nagoya City Public Hall combines round-arched windows and crane-wing reliefs in early steel-framed concrete. Registered in 2020.
A Taisho-era villa in Mizuho Ward, Nagoya. Three wings step westward in echelon, holding a coffered reception room, stained glass and two tea rooms. Garden free.
The thatched front gate at the southeast corner of Tozanso in Nagoya. Knotted log posts, fan-splayed rafters, and a 32-meter wall of flattened bamboo.
A bracket gate inside Tozanso in Nagoya, parting the front garden from the inner one. A 1.2-meter opening under cedar bark, and a 19-meter two-faced wall.
Built in 1914 on the south edge of Nagoya University's Tsurumai campus, this granite gate and 1930 tiled wall were listed in 2007. A new ward quotes its pillars.
At the southeast corner of Nagoya University's Tsurumai campus, this late Taisho service gate carries 55 meters of glazed tile and terracotta. Listed in 2007.
On the south edge of Nagoya University's Tsurumai campus, this 1914 gate keeps two original granite posts under an arch, with a wall refaced in 1930. Listed in 2007.
Completed in 1960 at Nagoya University's Higashiyama campus, this exposed-concrete hall by Maki Fumihiko was listed in 2011, and its clock tower glows blue at night.
A 1932 office building in Nagoya's Higashi Ward, clad in scratch tile with geometric motifs, a symbol of the city's export ceramics trade; open free on weekdays.
The early Taisho main hall of Nanasho Shrine in Nagoya's Minami Ward, a tiny one-bay nagare-style hall with elaborate bracketing and a wave-carved strut. Registered.
A ritual hall of around 1917 between the main and worship halls of Narumi Tegashi Shrine in Inuyama, Aichi, whose crossed roofs shape the shrine front. Registered.
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