Registered Tangible Cultural Properties of Japan

The Shogawa Goguchi Weir in Tonami, Toyama, is a concrete weir of 1939 with ten radial gates that joined the river's scattered intakes for irrigation and power.

The main house of Johana Iori in Nanto, Toyama, is a townhouse of about 1905 in the temple town of Zentokuji, with bracketed eaves and wing walls typical of Johana.

The storehouse of Johana Iori in Nanto, Toyama, a plastered two-storey storehouse of the mid Meiji period, has door and window frames shaped like torii gates.

Built in 1928 for the Johana silk producers' association in Nanto, Toyama, this timber building wears a scratch-tile front that only looks like brick. Open today.

Smallest of four registered buildings at Shofuro in Nanto, Toyama, this prewar Showa storehouse hangs iron doors in a torii-shaped frame of black lime plaster.

Built in 1900 and shifted on its frame around 1951, the West Building of Shofuro in Nanto, Toyama carries a plaster cornice marking local teahouse architecture.

At the north-west corner of the Shofuro site in Nanto, Toyama, this prewar storehouse was listed for one thing above all: what its walls do for the street.

Largest of four registered buildings at Shofuro in Nanto, Toyama. Built in 1900, its fourteen guest rooms were each detailed differently, two by Kanazawa carpenters.

An 1855 earthen-walled storehouse in Namerikawa, Toyama, that outlived the 1866 fire. White and black lime plaster, torii-frame windows. Registered in 2017.

A three-storey timber townhouse on the old Hokuriku highway in Namerikawa, Toyama, rebuilt after the 1866 fire that destroyed Sewamachi. Registered in 2017.

Dairakuji Priests' Quarters at Imizu in Toyama was raised in the month after the 1869 port fire, pairing a sukiya reception hall with beamed farmhouse rooms.

Dairakuji Main Hall at Imizu in Toyama, built in 1879, uses the thick earthen dozo method of fireproof storehouses. Its plaster porch of 1889 rewards a close look.

Built in 1910 as the Fushiki Bank in Takaoka, Toyama, and registered in 1996, it was demolished in November 2025 after the Noto earthquake. Columns survive.

A 1934 timber town hall in Imizu, Toyama, registered in 2014, decorated with acanthus and phoenix reliefs by plasterer Takeuchi Genzo, now a museum of his work.

The former main building of Tanaka Elementary School in Namekawa, Toyama, built in 1936, is a 60-metre timber school with Art Deco motifs in ceilings and fittings.

This 47-square-metre earthen storehouse of about 1890 held a Fushiki family's textiles. Its bowed door lintel and black plaster dado won praise at registration.

Built about 1890 in Fushiki, Takaoka, this 408-square-metre merchant house hid storage in its roof void and a concealed upper passage. Registered in 1997.

At 79 square metres, this is the largest storehouse at the Tanada compound in Fushiki, Takaoka. Its door sits left of centre and has no fire door. Registered 1997.

The smallest of four registered buildings at the Tanada compound in Fushiki, Takaoka, this 20-square-metre storehouse kept the household's miso. Registered 1997.

Built in 1868 in Fushiki, Takaoka, this timber townhouse held to the older building grammar while the port went Western. Registered 1997. Exterior only.