Registered Tangible Cultural Properties of Japan
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The Yahiko Shrine Second Torii Gate in Niigata, a 1916 granite myojin torii atop the steps where the approach turns, is where the shrine halls first come into view.
The Yahiko Shrine Norito Hall in Niigata, built in 1916 between the offering hall and worship hall, has a gabled roof meeting both and a post-free beamed interior.
The Yahiko Shrine Worship Hall in Niigata, rebuilt in 1916, is a 9-by-5-bay hall with a cusped kara-hafu porch and a post-free interior spanned by a great tie beam.
The Yahiko Shrine Offering Hall in Niigata, built in 1916, links worship hall and sanctuary; tatami inside, outside a three-bay nagare-zukuri like the main hall.
The Yahiko Shrine Main Hall in Niigata was rebuilt in 1916 to designs by Ito Chuta after the 1912 fire, a three-bay nagare-zukuri hall set against Mount Yahiko.
The Yahiko Shrine Dance Hall in Niigata, a 1916 kagura stage open on four sides, is the only building in the grounds with fan rafters, joined to the musicians' hall.
The Yahiko Shrine Mizugaki Fence and Rear Gate in Niigata enclose the main hall with 56.2 metres of lattice fence on stone and a cusped-roof gate, built in 1916.
Built in 1908 as a works base for the Oyashirazu Tunnel, Niigata's westernmost station keeps its three-sided canopy and ridge lifeline fittings. Registered in 2023.
A 9.9 m² brick lamp-oil store of 1908 beside Ichiburi Station in Itoigawa, Niigata, with English-bond walls, sawtooth eaves and pediments. Registered in 2023.
A 1912 timber station at Oyashirazu, Itoigawa, below the Hokuriku coast's cliffs, with an upstairs rest room and slotted entrance posts. Registered in 2023.
The 1910 timber building of Nihongi, Niigata's only switchback station, with clerestory windows, a three-sided canopy and a truss roof. Registered 2019; in use.
A 112 m snow shed of 1922 over the switchback siding at Nihongi Station, Joetsu: old-rail frames clad in gapped timber boards. Registered 2019; seen by train.
A 1910 timber storehouse at Nihongi Station in Joetsu, Niigata, with board walls now sheathed in steel, high windows and a king post truss. Registered in 2019.
A 1942 reinforced-concrete subway, 28 m long, linking the building and island platform at Nihongi Station, Joetsu, with a timber stair shelter. Registered in 2019.
A 1937 platform canopy at Nihongi Station in Joetsu, Niigata, whose columns are pairs of old US-made and Yawata rails welded head to head. Registered in 2019.
A 1935 timber waiting room on the platform at Nihongi Station, Joetsu, with red walls, a white-painted exposed frame and glazing all round. Registered in 2019.
A 9.9 m² brick oil store of 1910 at Nihongi Station in Joetsu, Niigata, that held fuel for carriage lamps; brick cornice and pediments. Registered in 2019.
Registered in 2025, the Main Building of the Enami Family Residence in Niigata City is a late Edo farmhouse whose thatched roof covers a twenty-one mat Ochanoma.
The Shed of the Enami Family Residence in Niigata City, registered in 2025, is a late Edo outbuilding split into a bedding room, a book store and a charcoal store.
The Saito family's 1908 reception wing, re-erected in Hakusan Park at Niigata. Sukiya rooms, unjointed 18-metre beams, a buried water chime, and free admission.
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