Registered Tangible Cultural Properties of Japan

A three-span steel bridge of around 1925 on the Kominato Railway, its 20-foot plate girders built to a 1919 state-railway standard. Where and how to see it.

Kominato Railway's six-span steel bridge over the Yoro River, built around 1925, mixes 19-meter and 13-meter girders to suit the channel. Where to see it.

A two-span bridge of around 1925 on the Kominato Railway, carried on 15-foot rolled I-beams rated among Japan's largest of the Taisho era. How it differs.

Kominato Railway's four-span bridge over the Yoro River, built around 1925 on girders stamped by Yokogawa Bridge Works in 1924, resting on oval concrete piers.

A four-span bridge of around 1928 carrying the Kominato Railway high over the Yoro gorge on tall round piers, its red girders made by Yokogawa Bridge Works in 1927.

Kominato Railway's Takataki Station, built around 1925: posts set twice as far apart on the track side as at the entrance so passengers could pass freely.

A 77-meter concrete platform of around 1926 at Kominato Railway's Tsukizaki Station, edged with concrete blocks and just 61 centimeters above the rails.

Kominato Railway's Tsukizaki Station of around 1926: a gabled timber building with a front porch and a 76-meter concrete platform, registered as a model of design.

A curving concrete tunnel of around 1926 on the Kominato Railway, 135 meters long, cast in place, its gradient changing from 1 in 88 to 1 in 330 midway.

Kominato Railway's Yorokeikoku Station, built around 1928, fronts the road with a steep gable and porch; at 96 square meters it is the line's largest station.

The main house of the Kondo Family Residence in Yotsukaido, Chiba, is a hipped-roof farmhouse of 1908, built after the family moved to make way for army grounds.

The storehouse of the Kondo Family Residence in Yotsukaido, Chiba, built about 1907, pairs boarded walls with white plaster and framed windows with sliding doors.

The nagayamon gate of the Kondo Family Residence in Yotsukaido, Chiba, built in 1907, is a tall nine-bay gatehouse whose builder signed the ridge-raising arrow.

The Sakamoto Sohonten Store in Sosa, Chiba, a black-plastered storehouse-style shop of 1905 on the old road, recalls the historic roadside townscape of Yokaichiba.

The Sasaya Storehouse in Nagareyama, Chiba, a two-storey earthen-walled store of 1898, has white walls banded in black and recalls the busy old street.

The 1939 home of psychiatrist Shikiba Ryuzaburo in Ichikawa, Chiba, registered in 2021, designed by Yanagi Soetsu and Hamada Shoji in a mingei blend of East and West.

The main house of the Shibuya Family Residence in Kamagaya, Chiba, built in 1826, is a thatched farmhouse with a formal entrance, the oldest building in the city.

The rice storehouse of the Shibuya Family Residence in Kamagaya, Chiba, dated to 1848, is a two-storey earthen storehouse with plaster walls and weatherboards.

The gate of the Shibuya Family Residence in Kamagaya, Chiba, an early Showa yakuimon with side walls, faces the main house across fields that frame the homestead.

A 55-metre wall of cut Bōshū stone from the early Taishō era along the old main street of Kanaya, Futtsu, 1.8 metres high in level courses. Seen from the road.

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