Registered Tangible Cultural Properties of Japan

Takahashi Sake Brewery Chimney in Nagaoka, Niigata: a hexagonal brick chimney of about 1922, 20 metres high with a decorative ring, a landmark of the district.

Takahashi Sake Brewery New Brewery in Nagaoka, Niigata: a 1922 timber-framed brick brewery, three storeys and 30 metres long, a red-brick landmark by the river.

Choonji Temple Kannon Hall in Ojiya, Niigata, is an 1817 hall whose three-step brackets carry carved sacred birds and beasts. It was registered in 2018.

Choonji Temple Main Gate in Ojiya, Niigata, is a 2.9-meter four-legged gate of the late 1700s with round columns and carved gables, registered in 2018.

Choganji Temple Main Hall in Shibata, Niigata, built in 1750, follows the Shin plan but encloses its veranda and adds a rear passage, robing room and side room.

Listed in 2009, Chokokuji Temple Inner Gate is a single-bay gate 2.8 metres across whose head tie projects in front of the posts to carry the beam on a bracket set.

Listed in 2009, Chokokuji Temple Inner Sanctuary is a hall three bays square under a copper pyramidal roof, standing where the temple path finally ends.

Listed in 2008, Chokokuji Temple Corridor and Pilgrimage Station runs 17 metres beside the steps and rises at its north end into a two-storey pilgrim desk.

Dated 1691 and listed in 2009, Chokokuji Temple Kannon Hall is a five-bay esoteric hall where column shapes and a Sanskrit ceiling mark the sacred core.

Built in 1799 and listed in 2009, Chokokuji Temple Sutra Repository is a 24 square metre store holding a hexagonal revolving bookcase with Fu Daishi inside it.

Listed in 2008, Chokokuji Temple Priests' Quarters is a two-storey thatched block of 366 square metres whose heavy frame stands beside the Main Hall it serves.

Listed in 2008, Chokokuji Temple Goma Hall is a 67 square metre hall facing the approach, its fire altar set before a Fudo Myoo figure of the late Heian period.

Listed in 2008, Chokokuji Temple Rice Storehouse is the longest of the four stores here, 8.2 metres of plastered and boarded wall facing its twin across the path.

Listed in 2008, Chokokuji Temple Bell Tower stacks two storeys on 7.4 square metres. A tablet of 1876 records its move, and a dragon is carved into the bracketing.

Listed in 2008, Chokokuji Temple Office is a 19-metre timber range of 1857 that began as a byre and a barn, with thatching reed stored in its roof space.

Listed in 2008, Chokokuji Temple Nakanokura Storehouse is a two-storey boarded store of 30 square metres whose date rests on a precinct drawing made in 1800.

Built in 1718 and listed in 2009, Chokokuji Temple Nio Gate is an eight-legged gate whose Zen-style bracketing was the work of carpenters from Sado itself.

Listed in 2009, Chokokuji Temple Treasure Storehouse is a square two-storey plastered store of the mid Edo period, raised on high stone walling beside the stairway.

Built in 1777 and listed in 2008, Chokokuji Temple Main Hall is a thatched hall 21 metres long whose asymmetrical six-room plan was enlarged for a congregation.

Listed in 2008, Chokokuji Temple Miso Storehouse is a 13 square metre single-storey store with an earth floor, dated either to the late Edo period or earlier.

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