Registered Tangible Cultural Properties of Japan

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.

Rebuilt around 1937 on ground above the village it serves, the Shiizakai station building keeps a plain sheet-metal roof and decoration at just two points.

Built for the opening of the Mikuni Awara Electric Railway in December 1928, the Honjo station building keeps its off-centre porch and original entrance decoration.

The second station building at Matsuoka, put up around 1933, carries a steep half-hipped roof, a round window in the gable and posts cut from disused rail.

At the edge of Fukui City, this 1928 station building uses rail as posts under its porch and canopy, and is said to have survived the Fukui earthquake of 1948.

A 2-storey earthen storehouse of c.1882 in Ono, Fukui, 53 m², with plaster-framed windows and deep eaves on angled braces for heavy snow; registered in 2018.

A single-storey earthen storehouse of c.1882 in Ono, Fukui, 30 m², on the estate's southwest corner by the road, its deep eaves on angled braces; registered in 2018.

A 2-storey house of c.1882 in Ono, Fukui, with a shikidai entrance and a reception room of nageshi rails and batten ceiling; once board-roofed, registered in 2018.

A single-storey guest wing of 1919 to 1926 in Ono, Fukui, linked to the main house, with a slanted red-pine alcove post and a deep garden eave; registered 2018.

A 2-storey earthen storehouse of c.1882 in Ono, Fukui, 24 m², boarded below and plastered above, with just two small gable windows to guard food; registered 2018.

A wooden, tile-roofed gate of c.1882 in Ono, Fukui, 2.9 m wide, standing beside the miso storehouse on the estate's street front; registered as heritage in 2018.

The former Owada Bank head office building in Tsuruga, Fukui, a timber bank of 1901, has a Western front with a parapet and tall windows that shapes the street.