Registered Tangible Cultural Properties of Japan
登 録 有 形 文 化 財Browse Japan’s Registered Tangible Cultural Properties nationwide. Filter by prefecture, period, and category, with concise stories, maps, and practical travel tips.
This 1908 stone gate at Kurume, Fukuoka wraps the former Kusano Bank garden in an L shape, its plinth carrying arabesque ironwork. Registered as heritage in 1999.
A registered storehouse at the Kusumori Kawakita Residence in Ukiha, Fukuoka. Its rice store dates to 1812 and its vessel store to 1857, one roof spanning two eras.
The largest storehouse at the Kusumori Kawakita Residence in Ukiha, Fukuoka. This early-Meiji building is two-storied on the west and open to the roof on the east.
A detached guest wing at the Kusumori Kawakita Residence in Ukiha, Fukuoka. Built in refined sukiya style, it was the birthplace of art historian Kawakita Michiaki.
A registered building at the Kusumori Kawakita Residence in Ukiha, Fukuoka. Despite its name, this charcoal room is a solid two-story building, dating from around 1861.
A registered building at the Kusumori Kawakita Residence in Ukiha, Fukuoka. Its floorboards bear an 1861 date, but it was likely moved and remodeled in late Meiji.
Kurakazu Family Residence Main House in Yame, Fukuoka, is an 1885 landowner's home of 300 m² with an L-shaped hip-and-gable roof, and was registered in 2018.
Kurakazu Family Residence Storehouse in Yame, Fukuoka, is an 1891 two-storey plastered storehouse on a stone wall facing the main house, registered in 2018.
Kurakazu Family Residence Barn in Yame, Fukuoka, built in 1876, is the oldest of the four registered buildings, with an open earth-floored ground floor.
Kurakazu Family Residence Annex in Yame, Fukuoka, is a 1909 single-storey wing linked to the main house, with its floor cantilevered out over a stone wall.
This 1929 building at Kogarasu Shrine in Fukuoka, where food offerings are prepared, is the only tiled structure in the precinct. It covers 19.00 square metres.
An open ablution pavilion of 1929 beside the approach at Kogarasu Shrine in Fukuoka. Four posts lean inward over a stone basin inscribed that same year.
The smallest of the seven listed structures at Kogarasu Shrine in Fukuoka, this 1929 hall of 3.42 square metres stands on a granite podium in a corner.
The largest listed structure at Kogarasu Shrine in Fukuoka, this open worship hall of 1929 covers 35.09 square metres. Wisteria is carved above its canopy.
A stone pillar of 1929 standing 6.0 metres beside the worship hall at Kogarasu Shrine in Fukuoka, topped by a bronze three-legged crow and inscribed with donors.
Built in 1929 on the highest ground at Kogarasu Shrine in Fukuoka, this three-bay nagare-zukuri hall of 19.67 square metres was listed in 2019. A fence rings it.
A timber openwork fence of 1929 squaring the main hall at Kogarasu Shrine in Fukuoka, running 33.11 metres. Slatted panels let the hall show through it.
Sasayama Shrine Lattice Fence in Kurume encloses the main hall for 88 meters. Its 1879 edokiri stone base, cross battens, vertical lattice and light roof, explained.
Sasayama Shrine Middle Gate in Kurume is an 1879 hira-karamon gate carved with two Arima family crests, a triple comma and a gentian wheel. Where to see the details.
Sasayama Shrine Worship Hall in Kurume is an open 1879 hall, five bays by three, with shitomi shutters, an upturned railing and a coved ceiling. How to visit.
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