Registered Tangible Cultural Properties of Japan

A 1914 two-story storehouse on a tall stone base at the rear of a Kurashiki estate, its black plaster walls edged with white namako tile cladding and a tiled drip.

A 27-meter gatehouse of around 1915 guarding a Kurashiki estate, with double doors of solid zelkova, plastered eaves and servants' rooms built into its wings.

A 1914 annex in Kurashiki joining an airy guest pavilion to a black-plastered storehouse; its upstairs room looks south to Mizushima and the sea beyond.

A 2-storey Western-style house in Sukeyasu, Kurashiki, designed by Nishimura Isaku c. 1923, with a hall, central corridor and sunny living rooms; private, not open.

A late Edo thatched farmhouse that served as a teahouse on the old Sanyo Road, moved to Kanbayashi, Soja in 1972; a 5-bay hipped roof with a doma and 4 rooms.

An early Meiji thatched house built for the first head of Yamate Village, used as its office from 1902 to 1968 and moved in 1972; note the shikidai entrance.

The Onarimon Gate of the Yunoki house in Tamashima, Kurashiki, is a 1780s yakuimon built for the domain lord's visits, 3.9 m wide with four ornate corner tiles.

The Saisotei Main House in Tamashima, Kurashiki, is a 1780s reception wing whose curved-gable entrance leads to study rooms and a guest bath. Registered in 2000.

The Saisotei Tea Room in Tamashima, Kurashiki, pairs an unusual three-mat tea room with a sencha room built out over the garden slope. Registered in 2000.

A 1943 single-storey worker house built for Mitsubishi's Mizushima Aircraft Works in Kurashiki, its tiled hipped roof ringed by lean-tos; exterior view only.

Kyobashi Water Pipe Bridge carries water mains over the Asahi River in Okayama. Built in 1905 and registered in 2005, it is a riveted five-span Warren truss bridge.

At the back of a Meiji kimono merchant's estate in Kurashiki, this 96 m² two-story storehouse has namako-tile walls on a raised stone base. Registered 1996; a salon.

Beside the rice storehouse of a Meiji merchant estate in Kurashiki, this 19 m² gabled storehouse wears two bands of namako tiles on a stone footing. Registered 1996.

Attached to the reception room of a Meiji merchant house in Kurashiki, this 18 m² kura sits on 3 courses of cut stone under wide namako tiling. Registered 1996.

A 43 m roofed wall on the west edge of a Meiji merchant estate in Kurashiki: board-clad for 3 ken on the street, stone and mortar on the boundary. Registered 1996.

The 1874 house and workshop of textile entrepreneur Isozaki Minki in Kurashiki, Okayama, shows his ingenuity in its ramp and sliding shutters; admission is free.

The former Kurashiki Kindergarten of 1915, now the city museum of history and folklore, is a Western-style timber building with a radiating octagonal wing.

The cotton store of 1888 from the founding of the Kurashiki spinning company in Kurashiki, Okayama, a storehouse-style building, is now a museum in Ivy Square.

The gate of Kosenji in Shimotsui, Kurashiki, built in 1829 by island carpenters of the Inland Sea, has side openings and a head beam carved with waves.

The main hall of Kosenji in Shimotsui, Kurashiki, built in 1827 by island carpenters of the Inland Sea, stands on a stone platform with finely carved details.

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