Registered Tangible Cultural Properties of Japan

The Nakae Shop in Taito Ward, Tokyo, is a timber shop of 1924 on Dote-dori with a tall gabled front and upstairs transoms worked with pine, bamboo, plum and cherry.

A 1953 timber rental apartment in Zoshigaya, Tokyo, registered in 2018, where Tezuka Osamu lived for three and a half years, notable for its high-quality postwar design.

Nihon Gakuen Building No. 1 in Setagaya, Tokyo, a concrete school of 1936, has a dignified main entrance lined with square columns rising the full three storeys.

Nezu Church's chapel in Tokyo, a clapboard building said to date from 1919, with an off-center entrance, a spired tower and pointed windows. Registered in 2001.

The Taisho-era brick gate and wall of Nezu Church in Tokyo, kept low on the chapel side so the gable stays in view, with 3 gateposts for 2 gates. Registered 2001.

A timber church of 1936 near Shimokitazawa, Tokyo, with a battlemented tower, a rose-window relief and a hammer-beam roof inside. Registered in 2003 after repairs.

Rebuilt in 1929 after the 1923 earthquake, this reinforced concrete Gothic church on Kasuga-dori, Tokyo, puts a kindergarten below the sanctuary. Registered in 1998.

A 4-storey church of 1926 in Hongo, Tokyo, built with the concrete block system devised by its architect Nakamura Mamoru. Registered as a cultural property in 2021.

Asakusa St. John's Church in Kuramae, Tokyo: a 1929 concrete Anglican church with Gothic buttresses, restored in 1955 and open for prayer when its doors are open.

Tokyo Holy Cross Church Sanctuary in Setagaya: a 1961 timber chapel by Antonin Raymond's office with a column-free laminated vault; registered in 2025.

Tokyo All Saints Church Chapel in Sengoku, Bunkyo: a 1931 concrete Anglican chapel by Bergamini, rebuilt on its frame after 1945, its bell tower a local landmark.

Mejirogaoka Church Chapel in Shimo-Ochiai, Tokyo: a 1950 Baptist chapel by Endo Arata, Wright's assistant, with great longitudinal arches and a pointed bell tower.

The 1939 former Hachijo branch office of Tokyo, an H-plan timber building registered in 1999 and now the island's museum of history and folklore.

Built in 1927 from a Kobe merchant's bequest and designed by Ito Chuta, this Romanesque hall in Kunitachi, Tokyo, hides carved creatures around its arches.

A 53-square-metre timber gatehouse of 1931 with a French tile roof and half-timbered walls, standing on the central axis of the Kunitachi campus in Tokyo.

Completed in 1929 for Tokyo University of Commerce, this two-storey block in Kunitachi wraps a courtyard and echoes the Romanesque idiom of its famous neighbour.

The Hirano Family Residence Storehouse in Tokyo, built around 1922, is a brick store with a basement, overfired bricks, rounded joints and glass window hoods.

The 1921 main house of the Hirano Family Residence in Tokyo, by Yasuoka Katsuya, keeps its clapboard guest wing, original fittings and tall glass doors. Private.

The Hirano Family Residence Tea Room in Tokyo, built around 1922, is a four-and-a-half-mat room with a board alcove and moon-viewing shoji by Yasuoka Katsuya.

The Hirano Family Residence Tea Room Gate in Tokyo, built around 1922, is a timber garden gate with a gently swelling board roof held down by round bamboo.

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