Registered Tangible Cultural Properties of Japan

A late-Edo farmhouse rafted from Minoshima to Fuchu, Wakayama City, in 1862: 9 by 7 ken under a tiled irimoya roof, with mokko vent windows in black plaster walls.

An early-Showa annex linked to the main house in Fuchu, Wakayama City: two tatami rooms with a crosswise kirime-en on one side and a lengthwise kure-en on the other.

The late-Edo main gate of the Sakabe estate in Fuchu, Wakayama City: a 19 m nagayamon with a cattle room and a horse room whose rare stall rail survives inside.

The Sasano Family Residence Front Gate and Wall in Gobo, Wakayama, pairs a set-back munamon gate with lattice and plank doors and a 14 m wall with a diamond post.

The Sasano Family Residence Main House in Gobo, Wakayama, is an early Shōwa home with a Western-style parlor and an L-shaped alcove upstairs, registered in 2018.

The Sasano Family Residence Storehouse in Gobo, Wakayama, is an early Shōwa storehouse on the street, with namako tiles below, white plaster above and iron doors.

Built in the early Meiji period and moved from Inami in early Shōwa, the Sasano Family Residence Detached Room in Gobo has a 10-mat room with hemlock posts.

The Shima Shrine Shinmon Gate and Flanking Walls in Wakayama City are a 1944 four-legged gate with 16 meters of latticed walls at the approach, registered in 2024.

The Shima Shrine Temizusha in Wakayama City is a 1944 water pavilion of 5.8 square meters with inward-leaning posts and daibutsuyo-style beam ends; registered 2024.

The Shima Shrine Worship Hall in Wakayama City is a 1944 irimoya hall with a cusped-gable porch, a coffered ceiling, and an attached prayer hall, registered in 2024.

Built in 1926 by Amerika-ya, Japan's first house-building firm, this Wakayama home sets bay windows and arch-headed openings against Japanese ground-floor rooms.

A 55-metre reinforced concrete boundary of 1926, faced with split andesite below and cast stone tile above, registered for its part in Wakayama's streetscape.

Built in 1933 for Koyasan's eleven hundredth Kobo Daishi memorial, this bead merchant's shop carries a temple-style karahafu gable and still trades daily as a shop.

The kuri of Jōgan-ji, west of the main hall in Kinokawa, Wakayama. A late-Edo priest's residence with a karahafu porch and a raised upper room. Registered in 2024.

The temple gate of Jōgan-ji in Kinokawa, Wakayama. A late-Edo yakuimon with carved beams and brackets, marking the precinct edge on the street. Registered in 2024.

The bell tower of Jōgan-ji in Kinokawa, Wakayama. A late-Edo tower built wholly of zelkova on a cut-stone base, with carved gable ornaments. Registered 2024.

The ablution pavilion of Jōgan-ji in Kinokawa, Wakayama. Just 5.2 square metres, it has a formal hipped-and-gabled tiled roof and coffered ceiling. Registered 2024.

The treasure house of Jōgan-ji in Kinokawa, Wakayama. Dating from 1913, it has a pyramidal tiled roof topped by a jewel finial and plastered walls. Registered 2024.

The main hall of Jōgan-ji, a True Pure Land temple in Kinokawa, Wakayama. Built in 1784, the tiled timber hall anchors the village skyline; registered in 2024.

Jokiin Kyakuden on Koyasan is an early Meiji guest hall of 361 square metres, keeping an Edo-period plan with a raised dais room. Registered 13 March 2025.

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