Registered Tangible Cultural Properties of Japan

A late Meiji barbershop moved from Tokyo to the Museum Meiji-mura in Inuyama and registered in 2004, with the 2 upstairs rooms where Ishikawa Takuboku lived.

A wooden prison cell house of 1888 moved from Maebashi to the Museum Meiji-mura in Inuyama and registered in 2004, with chestnut lattice enclosing 9 cells.

An 1888 schoolhouse by the engineer Shimizu Yoshiya, built in Tsu, reused in Nabari, moved to the Museum Meiji-mura in Inuyama and registered in 2003.

An 1886 courtroom moved from Miyazu to Meiji Mura: raised judge's bench, open eaves, arched door, plus admission, hours and access details for visitors.

A 1912 substation for the Nagoya Electric Railway, now at Meiji Mura: arched openings, corner buttresses, an exposed queen post truss, with hours and access.

The Sendagi house rented in turn by Mori Ogai and Natsume Soseki, now at Meiji Mura: a middle Meiji home where I Am a Cat was written, with visitor details.

A 1907 bank in Aizu-Wakamatsu built as a fireproof earthen storehouse, its black-plastered shell enclosing a full-height hall with fluted columns and a gallery.

One of six wrought-iron spans from Japan's first double-track railway bridge, built 1877 and rebuilt at Museum Meiji-Mura with its Liverpool maker's plates intact.

Discover the Former Nishi-Nakagane Station, a 1930 wooden station building registered as a national tangible cultural property. Once the terminus of the Meitetsu Mikawa Line, this beautifully preserved railway heritage site in Toyota City offers a glimpse into Japan's early Showa-era rural railway history and serves as a gateway to the famous Korankei Valley.

Discover the historic platform of Former Nishi-Nakagane Station, a Registered Tangible Cultural Property in Toyota City, Aichi. Built in the early Showa era with granite masonry, this abandoned railway station preserves the pastoral rail landscape of rural Japan and offers a unique walk-on-the-tracks experience near Korankei Valley.

Discover the Former Mikawa-Hirose Station, a 1927 wooden railway station building registered as a national tangible cultural property in Toyota City, Aichi. Explore this nostalgic abandoned station along the Yahagi River with its original platform, weekend café, and scenic walking trails.

The former Mikawa-Hirose Station platform in Toyota City, Aichi Prefecture, is a Registered Tangible Cultural Property built in 1927. This stone and concrete platform, featuring elegant granite ashlar masonry and a gentle curve following the Yahagi River, preserves the atmosphere of an early Showa-era rural railway station. Visitors can walk freely along the tracks, enjoy seasonal foliage, and sample local treats at the weekend cafe and market.

Momengura Chita, a nationally Registered Tangible Cultural Property in the Okada district of Chita City, Aichi Prefecture, is a Meiji-to-Taisho-era earthen cotton storehouse built by the Takeuchi Torao cotton enterprise. Now a hands-on weaving facility, visitors can create original coasters and mats on antique looms while exploring the 400-year heritage of Chita cotton and the beautifully preserved historic streetscape of Okada.

A late Edo townhouse in Ichinomiya, Aichi. Dated 1855 by its ridge tablet, it has a seven-ken front, end fire walls and a lattice bay. Registered in 2008.

A reception wing of about 1902 in Ichinomiya, Aichi. Three rooms run inward: a tea room, an antechamber, then a dais room said to follow the Omotesenke Zangetsutei.

An early Showa storehouse in Ichinomiya, Aichi. Its white plastered gable faces the old highway beside the long eaves of the main house. Registered in 2008.

Yahira Shrine Sacred Fence is a 28-metre roofed board fence raised in 1918 around the shrine's 1700 sanctuary in Shinshiro, Aichi, kept low so its roof still shows.

Yahira Shrine Main Hall in Shinshiro, Aichi, was raised in 1700 for three merged deities, its inner sanctum split three ways behind three doors. Registered in 2013.

A timber gate of 1908 in Kanie, Aichi. Brackets carry a tiled gabled roof over a 3.8 meter opening, with plastered wing walls. Listed 2011; visible from the road.

A late Edo farmhouse in Kanie, Aichi: thatch over a tiled pent roof, 14 meters wide, built by the Owari yotsudate method. Registered 2011, privately owned, not open.

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