Registered Tangible Cultural Properties of Japan

The Jikoji Temple Sutra Repository in Gosen, Niigata, is a 1794 storehouse by the temple entrance, holding an octagonal revolving sutra case and a small shrine.

The Jikoji Temple Priests' Quarters in Gosen, Niigata, went up in 1759, four years before the main hall: an abbot's room, kitchen shrine and cook's quarters in one.

The Jikoji Temple Kokuzo Hall in Bessho, Gosen, lies 5 km from the main temple: a 1754 pyramid-roofed hall with an unusual interior and a February lantern festival.

The Jikoji Temple Main Gate in Gosen, Niigata, dates from 1785: a vermilion eight-legged Zen-style gate in a plain-wood compound, flanked by the Four Heavenly Kings.

In Gosen, Niigata, the Jikoji Temple Zen Hall and Common Quarters holds a meditation hall with sitting platforms and the monks' study rooms under one late Edo roof.

Built in 1763 after a fire, the Jikoji Temple Main Hall in Gosen, Niigata, is a six-room Soto Zen hall with an earth-floored veranda and a founder's hall on posts.

This small Jizo hall in Nagaoka, Niigata, built of English-bond brick in 1922, has arched openings, a timber porch and rare diagonal corbelling at the eaves.

The Shuseian storehouse in Ojiya, Niigata, an early Meiji two-storey store moved from a local family house, is built of heavy timbers to stand up to the snow.

The Shuseian tea house in Ojiya, Niigata, a late Taisho tea room moved from an old family house, joins its rooms with an earthen eave that recalls snow arcades.

Painted with red bengara and known locally as the Akamon, Jokyoji Temple Main Gate is a late Edo yakuimon with a bold carved gable strut; it was registered in 2025.

Built in 1792 southeast of the main hall, Jokyoji Temple Bell Tower has tall leaning posts on a stone base and a carved strut on its west face only; registered 2025.

Built in 1731 in Joetsu's temple quarter, Jokyoji Temple Main Hall has a classic Shin Buddhist plan and a gilded dharma-wheel transom; it was registered in 2025.

Dated to the early 1700s, Shoboji Temple Kannon Hall is a small east-facing hall whose southern half divides into two sanctuaries behind a fully bracketed partition.

Built in 1802, this two-storey plastered storehouse at Shoboji Temple carries a detached roof and frames each opening in the shape of a torii under the temple crest.

Built in 1704 and the oldest of the six registered buildings at Shoboji Temple, this sutra repository sets temple bracketing above the walls of a storehouse.

A four-legged gate of the later Edo period, Shoboji Temple Main Gate opens the precinct on Sado Island and gathers a dragon and mythical beasts overhead.

Built in 1820, this open bell tower at Shoboji Temple is one bay square, its posts leaning inward and every coffer of its ceiling carrying a painting.

Built in 1721, Shoboji Temple Main Hall on Sado Island keeps a six-room hojo plan and tucks the founder's hall under a dropped rear roof. Registered in 2011.

The Seikokan Main Building at Deyu Onsen, Niigata, registered in 2015, is a three-storey timber inn of about 1928 whose rooms each use different prized woods.

Sesonji Temple Red Gate, a mid-Edo four-legged gate before the Main Hall on Sado, links ridge and purlins with curved shrimp beams and was registered in 2006.

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