Registered Tangible Cultural Properties of Japan

This early-Meiji long gatehouse fronts the Ishida compound and is said to have been moved from a Fukui samurai residence, its gate under a tiled roof. Exterior only.

The oldest Ishida storehouse, this late-Edo building has a miso lean-to whose east wall is namako-kabe, a grid of black tile and white plaster. Exterior only.

This early-Meiji storehouse on the Ishida compound carries local blue-green Shakudani stone along its roof ridge, with a sheltered forecourt on the east. Exterior only.

The Inoue Dental Clinic in Echizen, Fukui, built in 1908 after a great fire, is a storehouse-style building with Tuscan pilasters and pediments in plaster.

Built in 1868, the Main House of the Iwano Heizaburo Paper Mill in Echizen, Fukui heads a registered papermaking compound whose kumohada-mashi served Yokoyama Taikan.

The smallest registered building at the Iwano Heizaburo Paper Mill in Echizen, this 1956 shed made the wooden crates that carried fine paper to painters nationwide.

Kogura, a 1949 two-story plaster dozo at the Iwano Heizaburo Paper Mill in Echizen, Fukui, once dried the oversized handmade sheets the mill is celebrated for.

The largest building at the Iwano Heizaburo Paper Mill in Echizen, Fukui, this late-Taisho hall is where sheets are formed by nagashi-zuki and then pressed of water.

A late-Taisho earthen-walled storehouse at the Iwano Heizaburo Paper Mill in Echizen, Fukui, built to guard fine paper from fire and damp, with a formal room upstairs.

The 1952 Fiber-Boiling House at the Iwano Heizaburo Paper Mill in Echizen, Fukui, is where kozo, mitsumata, gampi and hemp are boiled and cleaned to begin papermaking.

The 1953 Stretching and Drying Hall at the Iwano Heizaburo Paper Mill in Echizen, Fukui dried pressed sheets on boards under a wide truss-spanned room, the final step.

The 1953 Beater House at the Iwano Heizaburo Paper Mill in Echizen, Fukui cleaned and beat plant fiber into even pulp under a king-post truss lit by ribbon windows.

In Mikuni's old geisha quarter, Uoshiro joins four buildings: a Meiji townhouse, two earthen storehouses and a Taisho parlor, now a registered-heritage restaurant.

In Mikuni's old geisha quarter, Uoshiro joins four buildings: a Meiji townhouse, two earthen storehouses and a Taisho parlor, now a registered-heritage restaurant.

In Mikuni's old geisha quarter, Uoshiro joins four buildings: a Meiji townhouse, two earthen storehouses and a Taisho parlor, now a registered-heritage restaurant.

In Mikuni's old geisha quarter, Uoshiro joins four buildings: a Meiji townhouse, two earthen storehouses and a Taisho parlor, now a registered-heritage restaurant.

Built in 1835 and moved from a hill hamlet in 2017, this two-sleeve farmhouse at the Echizen Ancient Kiln Museum was registered in 2018 and is still in daily use.

Built in 1914 for pilgrims bound for the Eiheiji monastery, this wooden station building kept its Western detailing and now opens free of charge as a community hall.

On the platform opposite the station building at Katsuyama, this early Showa timber shelter keeps its open front and exposed wagoya roof frame. Registered in 2004.

Built in 1914 at the Katsuyama terminus of Echizen Railway, this two-storey wooden station building sets painted boarding below white plaster on a Shakudani plinth.

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