Registered Tangible Cultural Properties of Japan

Built in 1896 at the top of Mount Hōju in western Tokushima, Hashikuraji's Temizuya stands at the head of the 278-step Heart Sutra staircase, directly in front of the Honden. Designated a Registered Tangible Cultural Property in October 2011.

Built in 1880 on the old stone path up to Hashikuraji in Miyoshi, Tokushima, this two-storey gate carries Zen-style bracketing, cusped windows and a disputed origin.

A late Edo samurai house in Tokushima City, moved from the castle town in 1882 and registered in 2000. Its 13m Hachisuka cherry flowers from mid-February.

The Hiurado in Tsurugi, Tokushima, built in 1788 as the 26th station of a local pilgrimage of 88 sites, is a three-bay hall with a large altar room and carvings.

The Hikichido in Tsurugi, Tokushima, built in 1928 as the 36th station of a local pilgrimage of 88 sites, is a small open hall whose roof sweeps over the front.

The chimney of Hyakunengura in Miyoshi, Tokushima, built in 1922 beside the old brewery, is a 9.6-metre tapering brick stack lettered with the sake brand Gishishin.

The former brewery of Hyakunengura in Miyoshi, Tokushima, built in 1922 where the Yoshino and Iya rivers meet, is a 30-metre timber sake brewery with a tall hall.

Hiraoka Family Residence Main House, Kaiyo: an 1872 farmhouse whose two-story shell wraps a staggered four-room plan and a formal central entrance hall.

Hiraoka Family Residence Kitchen, Kaiyo: an early Showa cooking shed behind the main house, hipped at one end, gabled at the other, with an old well pump.

Hiraoka Family Residence Barn, Kaiyo: a 1954 barn with a potato store, cattle shed and sheltered work yard below, and tatami rooms with an alcove upstairs.

Hiraoka Family Residence West Wall, Kaiyo: an early Meiji L-shaped sandstone wall, 21.2 meters long, with a curved corner, facing the old samurai quarter.

Hiraoka Family Residence South Wall, Kaiyo: an early Showa plastered earthen wall, 13 meters long, on 3 courses of dressed sandstone, with a tall tiled ridge.

A circa-1923 building in Kitajima, Tokushima, pairing a gabled two-storey barn with a guest annex whose veranda ceiling has polished-log fan rafters. Listed 2016.

An 1895 earthen storehouse in Kitajima, Tokushima, raised on high stones against Yoshino River floods, with clapboard below, lime plaster above. Listed 2016.

A circa-1927 farmhouse on the Yoshino River delta in Kitajima, Tokushima, with a gabled tile roof, lean-to eaves all round, a three-room earth floor and storage.

A Meiji-era gatehouse in Kitajima, Tokushima, with a watch room, cattle stall, raised gate roof and privy, plus a 12-metre German-wall concrete wall. Listed 2016.

A late Taisho-era two-storey farm barn in Kitajima, Tokushima, 7.8 by 4.9 metres under pan-and-cover tiles, with a mixed sloping-beam roof frame. Registered in 2016.

Across the road from its sake storehouses, Honke Matsuura's late Meiji rice polishing house in Naruto has two raised roof vents and plaster relief reading Narutotai.

Honke Matsuura's Middle Sake Storehouse in Naruto is a late Edo brewing store 11 ken deep, with a kamaya at the back and a white gable matching its neighbor.

The Honke Matsuura Nagayamon Gate in Naruto is a late Edo gatehouse on the Muya road, its east gable built against fire with plaster, brick and a cloud-shaped wall.

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