Registered Tangible Cultural Properties of Japan
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A 42 square meter cookhouse of 1956 at Saigane in Daigo Town, with mortar carried over the eaves soffit and boarded ceilings against fire. Registered in 2018.
Built in 1964 on a terrace 3 meters above the yard at Saigane in Daigo Town, this 188 square meter block glazes both long walls for daylight. Registered in 2018.
The main house of the former Shizan Juku in Tsuchiura, Ibaraki, built in 1928 as a home and private academy of the Mito school, is in modern Japanese style.
The former head office of Daigo Bank, built in 1917 on a corner of the old highway in Daigo, Ibaraki, has a domed tower and a pedimented entrance, a local landmark.
An 1859 storehouse on Nakajo-dori in Tsuchiura, Ibaraki, that held the shop's stock of kimono cloth. It turns its gable to the street and covers 50 square meters.
A late Edo townhouse on the corner of Nakajo-dori in Tsuchiura, Ibaraki, with earthen walls, a tile roof and an unusually tall upper floor over 74 square meters.
An early Meiji building in Tsuchiura, Ibaraki, with a storehouse exterior, a hipped roof and tatami reception rooms in series inside. It covers 134 square meters.
An early Meiji storehouse at the back of the Daitoku plot in Tsuchiura, Ibaraki, built for bedding and tableware. Its east gable carries a bracketed pent roof.
An 1842 storehouse behind the Daitoku shopfront in Tsuchiura, Ibaraki, the oldest of the 5 registered buildings there. It covers 20 square meters under a tile roof.
A Taisho stock storehouse behind a draper's shop in Hojo, Tsukuba, black-plastered with a boarded north gable. Registered in 2015 and closed to visitors.
A Taisho grain store on the east edge of a draper's plot in Hojo, Tsukuba: a thin white-plastered single storey with a bath added later. Registered 2015.
A Taisho service block northeast of a draper's house in Hojo, Tsukuba: cooking room, bath and privy in one file, built detached. Registered in 2015 and closed.
A Taisho draper's shop in Hojo, Tsukuba, its 2 black-plastered gable ends facing the old road to Mount Tsukuba. Registered in 2015; ground floor open free.
The Former Tonoike Kimono Store in Daigo, Ibaraki, is an 1896 merchant storehouse in black lime plaster, with four fireproof shutters on its upper floor.
A late-Edo farmhouse at Yoshise in Tsukuba, jacked up and turned to face east about 1886. Four-room plan, a formal shikidai entrance, deep segai eaves. Listed 2015.
An 1886 gatehouse at Yoshise in Tsukuba, dated by the ridge tag in its roof space, which also names the carpenter. Deep segai eaves, zelkova doors, a gallery inside.
An early Meiji storehouse on Tsuchiura's old highway, set beside the shop front. Its sugar stock filled the ground floor. Registered in 2016; now a workshop.
A middle Meiji merchant house facing Tsuchiura's old highway, its shop and living wings crossed in a T. Registered in 2016 and open free of charge today.
A small early Meiji storehouse at the back of a Tsuchiura merchant plot, its doors finished in black lime plaster. It held family goods including hina dolls.
A middle Meiji brick storehouse behind a Tsuchiura merchant house, laid in English bond with arched openings. Registered in 2016 and now used as a cafe.
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