Registered Tangible Cultural Properties of Japan

Araki Family Residence Kitchen Storehouse in Kusu, Oita: a 1904 earthen kura whose namako lower walls use ceramic plates, with a hachimaki band and stepped door.

Araki Family Residence Sake Storehouse in Kusu, Oita: an 18 m earthen kura of 1914 with a Western truss roof, rounded plaster around openings and tile-lined hoods.

The 1922 Araki Family Residence Main House in Mori, Kusu, Oita: deep bracketed eaves on both floors, a plastered upper story and a rooftop gable shrine to Hotei.

The Inoue Family Residence Stone Wall in Hita, Oita, is a 25-metre garden wall of around 1914, on a riverside base of rounded stones, pierced by a round window.

The Inoue Family Residence Rice Storehouse in Hita, Oita, is a 110-square-metre riverside store of 1914, rare for its plastered ceiling, near steps to the river.

The Inoue Family Residence Sake Brewery in Hita, Oita, is an 1847 earthen store of 108 square metres with a namako tile dado and beams alternating every 1.8 metres.

The Inoue Family Residence Main House in Hita, Oita, is a 1914 timber home of 435 square metres whose tiled roof rises into a half-timbered gable by the gate.

The Inoue Family Residence Storehouse in Hita, Oita, built in 1831, is the oldest Inoue building: a 45-square-metre earthen storehouse with a tatami room upstairs.

The Inoue Family Residence Barn in Hita, Oita, is an L-shaped 1902 barn of 218 square metres with a cowshed, its plastered roadside wall looking like a gatehouse.

The Inoue Family Residence Miso Storehouse in Hita, Oita, is an 1875 earthen store of 46 square metres by the kitchen, where the family's miso brewing jars survive.

The Inoue Family Residence Gate in Hita, Oita, is a tiled four-legged gate of around 1914, 2.8 metres wide, its main posts set forward of the ridge like a yakuimon.

Built around 1953 at Inoue Sake Brewery in Hita, Oita, this 18 m English-bond brick chimney rises from a 1.4 m square base, one of three large ones left in the city.

Built in 1914 at Inoue Sake Brewery in Hita, Oita, this shop and home grew from a thatched single storey to two tiled floors in 1943, with a shikidai porch and doma.

Built in 1937 as a brewing hall in Hita, Oita, this storehouse spans its interior on queen post trusses with 16 m single timbers, under a half-hipped roof.

A late-Taisho townhouse in Hita, Oita, raised to three floors by an early Showa lookout, with a karahafu roof, a 24-mat hall and a roof garden. Registered in 2003.

A late-Meiji three-storey storehouse beside the main house of the Iwao family in Hita, Oita, once also used as a double-height kitchen and a business parlor.

An early-Meiji two-storey annex behind the Iwao family house in Hita, Oita, reached by a covered corridor, with a toilet lavishly finished in marble and mirrors.

Discover the Kajiwara Family Residence Storehouse, a nationally Registered Tangible Cultural Property built around 1907 in the historic castle town of Hiji, Oita Prefecture. Explore its Meiji-era dozo architecture, the merchant heritage of Beppu Bay, and nearby attractions.

Kasuga Shrine Kagura Hall in Bungotakada, Oita, is an 1835 stage for sacred dance with a tiled roof and an angled bridge to its dressing room, registered in 2011.

Kasuga Shrine Komoriya in Bungotakada, Oita, is a 1927 retreat hall linked to the kagura stage, used as a dressing room and village hall; registered 2011.

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