Registered Tangible Cultural Properties of Japan

The board fence of the Tsukada Residence runs 113 metres along the Uzuma in Tochigi. Its dark planking, tiled cap and five wicket gates form a signature riverside view.

The Old Rice Storehouse is the smallest Tsukada building in Tochigi, at 20 square metres. Built in Taisho times for grain, its tall interior completes the estate.

The Tsukada Residence's main house rises on the Uzuma River in Tochigi. Built in late Meiji by timber merchants, its two floors hold sukiya-style rooms, now a museum.

The Bunko Storehouse of the Tsukada Residence in Tochigi is dated 1899 by a beam inscription. A white-plastered, two-storey earthen store, it held records and valuables.

The Fine-Timber Storehouse is the largest Tsukada building in Tochigi, at 152 square metres. Built for prized timber, it alone of the five is listed as hard to recreate.

Three separate structures joined into one long range in 1916, this registered building in Tochigi City now serves as the museum's reception, shop and rest area.

Built in 1903 by the Uzuma River in Tochigi City, this earthen storehouse became a Registered Tangible Cultural Property in 2000. Five barred windows face the water.

Raised in 1909 as a cargo storehouse for a timber shipping firm, this L-shaped Tochigi warehouse uses Western king-post trusses and now displays a festival float.

Tsuriji Bridge of 1917 carries the path to Inaoka Kannon Hall in Ashikaga. Built wholly of local granite in four spans, it is the city's largest stone bridge.

A 1919 storehouse of exposed Ōya stone where the thread wholesaler Teraoka Itoten in Sano, Tochigi, kept raw thread, with iron doors and a truss roof. Listed 2019.

A 1934 timber gate east of the Teraoka Itoten shop in Sano, Tochigi, used for bringing in goods: 3.6 m tall, 3.1 m wide, with board fences on granite. Listed 2019.

The 1933 two-storey main house of the thread wholesaler Teraoka Itoten in Sano, Tochigi, with eaves on both floors, a gabled porch, and shoin and sukiya interiors.

A 1933 timber shop of the thread wholesaler Teraoka Itoten in Sano, Tochigi, with a hipped pantiled roof, plaster walls and a double-height front shop. Listed 2019.

An 1874 earthen storehouse of the thread wholesaler Teraoka Itoten in Sano, Tochigi, refaced around 1933 with an artificial-stone finish. Listed in 2019.

The red brick saran factory of Tochisen in Ashikaga, Tochigi, built 1913 to 1919, is a long gabled shed with a north wall lined by windows set in big stone frames.

The red brick print works of Tochisen in Ashikaga, Tochigi, built 1913 to 1919, spans 1,587 m² under six sawtooth roofs, with single stone lintels over its doors.

The brick boiler house of the Tochisen mill in Ashikaga, Tochigi, extended in 1941, keeps its Lancashire boilers and the black camouflage paint of the war years.

The Nikko Kanaya Hotel Kanrantei (Ryugu) is a 1921 two-storey pavilion above the hotel skating rink, with inner posts of naturally shaped timber and a corridor.

The Nikko Kanaya Hotel New Building of 1904 hangs its upper floor from the roof truss on iron rods, leaving a column-free banquet hall of about 270 sq m below.

The Nikko Kanaya Hotel Tenbokaku is an open-sided 1921 pavilion on the edge of a bluff, with an exposed rafter ceiling, a nageshi beam and a corridor to Kanrantei.

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