Registered Tangible Cultural Properties of Japan

Discover the Kanemitsu Sake Brewery Packaging Building, a nationally registered tangible cultural property in Higashihiroshima, Hiroshima. Part of an award-winning sake brewery founded in 1880, this historic structure embodies Japan's traditional brewing heritage.

Discover the Gate and Wall of Kanemitsu Sake Brewery in Higashihiroshima, Hiroshima — a Registered Tangible Cultural Property of Japan since 2020. Explore the historic brewery compound, its award-winning sake brands Kamo Kinshu and Sakura Fubuki, and the rich sake-making tradition of the Kurose district.

The Nisshin Forestry Co., Ltd. Kake Branch Office in Akiota, Hiroshima Prefecture, is a wooden building originally constructed in 1921 as a bank branch and registered as a national Tangible Cultural Property. Its ingenious design makes a single-story structure appear as a two-story machiya townhouse. Located near attractions such as Sandankyo Gorge and Yoshimizuen Garden, it offers a fascinating glimpse into Taisho-era rural architecture.

East of the storehouses stands this square Taisho brick chimney, about 17.7 metres tall and laid in English bond, kept as a landmark on the Saijo sake street.

Built around 1953 beside the main house, this timber wing wraps a broad veranda toward a garden by Shigemori Mirei, its sukiya rooms planned as one with the view.

This Taisho earthen-walled block links the main house with the storehouses and now works as a store, its masonry recording the layout of the young Kamoizumi brewery.

Facing Saijo's sake street, Kamoizumi Shuzo's late-Meiji main house sets a merchant's earthen passage beside a formal ten-mat guest room behind a latticed front.

The brewery's smallest building, this 16-square-metre late-Meiji storehouse was moved whole by hikiya, its near-windowless walls edged with water-shedding tiles.

This large Taisho storehouse divides into East and Middle halves across a ground-floor passage, its white great-walls and red tile defining the Saijo brewery street.

Joining the passage on the west, this late-Taisho storehouse was refaced with namako-kabe under Shigemori Mirei's direction as the backdrop to the New Zashiki garden.

Discover Kanrankan, a nationally registered tangible cultural property on Shimokamagari Island in Kure, Hiroshima. This 1935 villa uniquely blends Chinese brick-style design with Japanese craftsmanship, standing along the scenic Seto Inland Sea coast.

Discover the Former Etajima Naval Petty Officers' Club (Kaiyusha), a nationally registered tangible cultural property built in 1907. This rare wooden Western-style building on Etajima Island preserves the legacy of the Imperial Japanese Naval Academy with its original brick foundations, clapboard walls, and sash windows.

Explore Kaiyusha, a rare wooden Western-style building from 1905 on Etajima Island, Hiroshima. This Nationally Registered Tangible Cultural Property preserves the history of Japan's Imperial Naval Academy and offers visitors a unique glimpse into Meiji-era military architecture.

Discover the Former Ōkusa Elementary School Hōanden in Mihara, Hiroshima — a rare stone structure from 1936 blending Doric columns with Japanese design. Registered as a Tangible Cultural Property, this unique monument offers a window into Japan's prewar educational history.

Discover the Former Onomichi City Hall Momoshima Branch Office, a 1954 wooden government building on Momoshima Island, now a Registered Tangible Cultural Property and creative guesthouse run by NPO ART BASE Momoshima. Explore its kingpost truss architecture, island art scene, and serene Seto Inland Sea setting.

Discover the Former Katano Bakery, a 1934 wooden bakery registered as a national tangible cultural property in the white-walled Edo-era post town of Joge, Fuchu City, Hiroshima Prefecture. A hidden gem of early Showa architecture and local bread-making heritage.

The Former Hinomaru Photo Studio, a three-story wooden building constructed around 1932 near Takehara's historic preservation district in Hiroshima Prefecture, is a National Registered Tangible Cultural Property. Discover the distinctive angular silhouette shaped by its trapezoidal lot, windows designed around photographic studio functions, and its fame as an anime pilgrimage site from the series Tamayura.

Discover Sakura Bridge (Sakurahashi), a registered tangible cultural property in Hiroshima Prefecture. This elegant 1937 steel arch bridge spans Lake Shinryu in Taishaku Gorge, offering stunning views of the gorge from the hiking trail and pleasure boats below.

This small early-Showa tea room off the annex covers just 10 square meters. Its two-mat space opens south and west to the garden, admitting light in a modern spirit.

This 1893 earthen storehouse pairs white plaster with a boarded base. Its projecting drip tiles, peaked at the gable ends, turn rain-shedding into crisp form.