Registered Tangible Cultural Properties of Japan

The Founder's Hall of Kōshō-ji, a Shin Buddhist head temple in Kyoto. Rebuilt in 1911 after the 1902 fire, this large gilded hall became a Cultural Property in 2025.

The main two-storey gate of Kōshō-ji on Kyoto's Horikawa-dōri. Built around 1915, this three-bay tower gate is known for its peony carving and was registered in 2025.

Kōshō-ji's bell tower of 1774, said to be an imperial gift, is the precinct's oldest building and the sole survivor of the 1902 fire, registered in 2025.

Built in 1918, the Takarōka is the covered corridor linking Kōshō-ji's two great halls. Its cusped-gable roof and fine joinery were registered in 2025.

North-east of Kōshō-ji's Founder's Hall stands this small Taishō-era water pavilion, finely built with a dragon-carved strut and coffered ceiling. Registered in 2025.

This late-Edo earthen wall flanks Kōshō-ji's Amida Hall gate on Horikawa-dōri. About 24m long, its plaster carries five rank stripes. Registered in 2025.

Turning south from Kōshō-ji's main gate, this early-Taishō earthen wall runs about 45m along Horikawa-dōri, the longest in the precinct. It was registered in 2025.

Discover the Kotobuki Building (壽ビルディング), a Registered Tangible Cultural Property in Kyoto's Shijo Kawaramachi area. Built in 1927, this five-story reinforced concrete gem blends Art Deco elegance with early Showa-era design—now home to stylish boutiques, galleries, and a beloved children's bookshop.

This abbot's quarters is a spacious six-room shoin hall rebuilt in 1936 after the 1934 fire, with screens by Kubota Kinsen, on former Aizu headquarters ground.

Fronting the abbot's quarters, this four-legged gate covers barely seven square metres yet concentrates early-Showa Kyoto carving in its copper gable and transoms.

East of the abbot's quarters, this 1936 hall carries a copper-gabled car porch. Inside, a Western board-floored reception room sits beside a shoin tatami room.

Turning at a right angle from the karamon gate, this 57-metre earthen wall frames the abbot's south garden. Its five horizontal lines mark the highest temple rank.

Kurodani's main hall enshrines a portrait of Honen at seventy-five. Rebuilt after a 1934 fire by Kyoto University's Amanuma Shunichi in revived Kamakura style.

Discover the Saito Family Residence, a nationally registered tangible cultural property nestled on the slopes of Yoshida Mountain in Kyoto. Built in the 1920s as part of the Tanikawa Housing Group for Kyoto University professors, this elegant wooden home with copper roofing offers a rare glimpse into Japan's early modern residential architecture.

Discover the Sailer House Music Hall (Kayabuki Ongakudo) in Nantan, Kyoto — a nationally registered tangible cultural property originally built as a Zen temple in 1784, relocated and transformed into a thatched-roof concert hall hosting internationally acclaimed piano performances amid the serene countryside of Goma village.

Discover the Sailer Family Residence Main House, a 1916 thatched-roof farmhouse registered as a national tangible cultural property in Nantan City, Kyoto. Home to the renowned Sailer Piano Duo, this traditional irimoya-style building hosts the celebrated Kayabuki Concerts amid idyllic Japanese countryside scenery.

Kyoto's 1932 alumni hall for the Prefectural Normal School — Spanish-tile parapets, arched windows, and Art Deco round windows survive intact in northern Kyoto.

Built in 1918 and registered in 2017, the Kannondō at Jōzenji in northern Kyoto housed the Kuramaguchi Jizō, a station on Kyoto's storied Six Jizō pilgrimage.

Standing on the summit of Higashiyama in Kyoto, Shoren-in Seiryuden was originally built in 1913 in front of Kitano Tenmangu Shrine to commemorate the enthronement of Emperor Taisho, then dismantled and reconstructed at its current site in 2014. A masterpiece of modern Japanese-style architecture combining traditional design with Western structural techniques, it was registered as a Tangible Cultural Property in 2022. The hall enshrines the National Treasure Blue Acala painting, and its great wooden stage — about 4.6 times the size of Kiyomizu-dera's — offers sweeping views over the entire city of Kyoto.

Completed in 1826 at Jinko-in in northern Kyoto, this guest hall has nine rooms in three rows around a wraparound veranda, with a raised dais at the western end.