Registered Tangible Cultural Properties of Japan

In Makabe, Sakuragawa, this early Showa gate of the Masubuchi Hiroichi family blends three gate types, munamon, yakuimon and udegimon, into one design.

Set back within the Masubuchi Hiroichi family lot in Makabe, Sakuragawa, this early Showa dozo storehouse has plastered walls and double-leaf fire shutters.

The Mamiya Family Residence Main House in Takabu, Hitachiomiya City, Ibaraki Prefecture, is a Meiji-era wood-framed Japanese-Western fusion home built in 1902. Combining a traditional farmhouse-style two-story wing with a striking three-story Western tower painted in pale green, it stands as a vivid landmark in the historic post town of Takabu-juku and was registered as a National Tangible Cultural Property of Japan in 2003.

The Fudo-do of Mikkoji Temple in Makabe, Sakuragawa City, Ibaraki Prefecture, is a small but exquisitely detailed late-Edo Buddhist hall registered as a National Tangible Cultural Property in 2004. Reconstructed in 1840, this three-bay-square hall combines a serene pyramidal hip roof with vibrant cage-carved and full-round sculptures around the front porch. Set within the nationally designated historic preservation district of Makabe, the hall offers international visitors a memorable encounter with rural Japanese craftsmanship.

A reinforced concrete distribution tower built in 1932 in the historic Sannomaru district of Mito, Ibaraki. Designed by waterworks engineer Goto Tsurumatsu, the 21.6-meter cylindrical structure features Gothic-inspired ornament and fire-hose-motif reliefs. Registered Tangible Cultural Property, one of Japan's 100 Best Modern Waterworks, and JSCE Selected Civil Engineering Heritage.

An early Meiji grain store of 11 by 4.5 metres at Hojo in Tsukuba, turned into a concert hall in 2008. Audiences enter the earthen interior on recital days.

The largest of the eight registered buildings at the Miyamoto compound in Hojo, Tsukuba: a late Edo dwelling of 141 square metres, linked to the shop by a corridor.

A late Meiji document storehouse of 20 square metres at Hojo in Tsukuba, smallest of the registered buildings there, with a plaster medallion over its window.

An early Meiji cooking wing of 37 square metres running east from the dwelling house at Hojo in Tsukuba, with a bath and stores attached. Registered in 2003.

An early Meiji outbuilding of 31 square metres at the north-east corner of the Miyamoto compound in Hojo, Tsukuba: charcoal and miso store north, garage south.

An early Meiji guest wing of 60 square metres at Hojo in Tsukuba, three rooms in restrained sukiya taste, with copper sheeting along the edge of its tiled roof.

A late Edo soy sauce merchant's shop storehouse at Hojo in Tsukuba, plastered to the eaves, with shuttered upper windows. Registered in 2003; how to see it.

An early Meiji gate 2.4 metres wide on the old street of Hojo in Tsukuba, registered together with its plastered wall. Visible from the pavement at any time.

The Miwa Family Residence Main House is a 49-square-meter timber wing behind a Makabe shopfront, where a 6-mat sitting room leads back to a formal 8-mat guest room.

A 28-square-meter plastered shop of 1912 to 1925 at Makabe, the Miwa Family Residence Shop Storehouse repeats the Edo storehouse form while opening wide for trade.

Discover Musashiya Shop in Koga, Ibaraki — a Registered Tangible Cultural Property dating to the mid-Meiji period. Dine on traditional grilled eel inside a black-walled, two-story dozo-zukuri restaurant standing on the former Nikko Kaido post-town street.

The Murai Brewery Stone Warehouse, registered as a Tangible Cultural Property in 2000, is a remarkable Taishō-era stone building (1912–1925) in the heart of Makabe, Sakuragawa City, Ibaraki Prefecture. Combining a timber king-post truss frame with Ōya stone exterior walls, this 21.6-meter-long structure remains an active part of one of Japan's oldest sake breweries, founded in the late 17th century and producing the renowned 'Kōmei' label.

A 22-meter reinforced concrete chimney at a sake brewery in Makabe, Sakuragawa, registered in 2004. Arched flue opening, firebrick lining, comb moulding on top.

An early Meiji earthen-walled sake shop of 231 square meters in Makabe, Sakuragawa, registered in 2004. Its gable roof drops halfway along, and it still trades.

A two-storey earthen-walled grain store on a corner plot in Makabe, Sakuragawa, built before 1902 and registered in 2000. Dressed stone base, boards, plaster above.

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