Registered Tangible Cultural Properties of Japan

The Gaisen Kinen Mon is a brick triumphal gate built in 1906 to commemorate the Russo-Japanese War victory, standing at the entrance to Rokusho Shrine in Shibukawa, Hamamatsu City. As one of only two surviving war triumphal gates in Japan, it is registered as a National Registered Tangible Cultural Property.

Discover the mushroom-shaped steel canopy and stone-masonry platform of Hon-Yoshiwara Station on the Gakunan Railway in Fuji City, Shizuoka — a nationally registered tangible cultural property with stunning Mt. Fuji views and factory night scenery.

The Tosu (lavatory) at Kasuisai Temple in Fukuroi City, Shizuoka Prefecture, is a nationally registered tangible cultural property built in 1937. Explore the history, architecture, and highlights of this extraordinary Zen temple restroom, featuring ajiro ceilings, kumiko latticework, and Japan's largest statue of Ususama Myōō.

The Kangyodo Tunnel in Atami, Shizuoka Prefecture, is a hand-carved stone tunnel completed in 1910 during the Meiji era. Built as part of the former main road connecting Atami and Ito, this Registered Tangible Cultural Property features horseshoe-shaped portals and refined stonework that exemplify early 20th-century Japanese civil engineering.

The Kikugawa Red Brick Warehouse in Shizuoka Prefecture, built around 1900 as part of the Fuji Seicha tea company's Horinouchi factory, is a two-story brick industrial heritage building where Japan's tea refinement process was first mechanized. Traces of the gougumi tea-blending apparatus remain inside, making it the only surviving structure of its kind from the Meiji era. Designated as Kikugawa's first National Registered Tangible Cultural Property in 2014. Three minutes on foot from JR Kikugawa Station.

The Former Igarashi Dental Clinic, a Nationally Registered Tangible Cultural Property in Kambara-juku along the old Tokaido road in Shizuoka, is a unique pseudo-Western building created in 1914 by renovating a traditional townhouse. With its Western clapboard exterior concealing a purely Japanese interior featuring exquisite transom carvings and original Taisho-era dental equipment, this free-admission cultural property offers a fascinating glimpse into early 20th-century provincial life and architecture.

Discover the Former Nakamura Dressmaking Academy in Fukuroi, Shizuoka — a nationally registered tangible cultural property built in 1950. This charming wooden schoolhouse along the Haranoya River embodies the spirit of Japan's postwar reconstruction era and now serves as a vibrant community hub.

Located on the Izusan hillside in Atami, Shizuoka Prefecture, the Former Nanki Bunko is a Meiji-era Renaissance-style wooden building originally constructed in 1899 as Japan's first Western-style private library by Tokugawa Yorimichi, the 15th head of the Kishu Tokugawa family. Relocated three times over more than a century, this nationally registered tangible cultural property now serves as part of a Hoshino Resorts hotel, blending Japanese and Western architectural traditions.

Completed in 1936, the Former Futamata Town Hall is a two-story wooden Western-style civic building designed by local carpenter Ishirō Motojima, who taught himself Western architectural techniques. Featuring scratch-tile cladding, tall sash windows, and a porte-cochère, the building was registered as a National Tangible Cultural Property in 2003. It now serves as the Soichiro Honda Craftsmanship Center, a free museum honoring the founder of Honda Motor Company.

The Former MacKenzie Residence in Shizuoka City is a Spanish Colonial-style villa designed by architect William Merrell Vories. Completed in 1940 as the home of tea merchant Duncan MacKenzie and philanthropist Emily MacKenzie, it is registered as a national Tangible Cultural Property. Featuring a striking red tile roof, white stucco walls, and a watchtower with views of Mount Fuji, it reopened in March 2026 as HOMAM Former MacKenzie Mansion.

Not a dam but a 70-metre dry-stone channel of around 1912, Kiwadagawa Channel Works No. 1 in Fujieda, Shizuoka, guides the stream into Dam No. 8 at the valley head.

The lowest dry-stone check dam in a group built around 1912 after an 1910 storm, Kiwadagawa Sabo Dam No. 1 in Fujieda, Shizuoka, is nicknamed the helmet dam.

Kiwadagawa Sabo Dam No. 5 in Fujieda, Shizuoka, is a small dry-stone dam of around 1912 that fixes the streambed as a ground sill within a state-designated sabo project.

Kiwadagawa Sabo Dam No. 3 in Fujieda, Shizuoka, blends old dry stonework with a modern trapezoidal overflow. Built around 1912, it marks a turning point in sabo work.

The Kyozo (sutra repository) at Genmyoji Temple in Iwata City, Shizuoka Prefecture, is a reinforced concrete scripture storehouse built in 1934. Featuring artificial stone walls with pilaster forms and cornice moldings that create a stone-like appearance, it was registered as a National Tangible Cultural Property in 2014 as an excellent example of prewar fireproof concrete temple architecture.

The Sagisaka Family Residence Inkyo-beya is a refined Taisho-era retirement quarters built in 1923 for a miso and soy sauce brewing family in the historic Mitsuke-juku post town, Iwata City, Shizuoka Prefecture. Registered as a National Tangible Cultural Property in 2024, this two-story wooden building features elegant hira-shoin style rooms with shitaji-mado lattice windows, preserving the architectural heritage of the old Tokaido highway.

The Sagisaka Family Residence (Tsuruya Honten) Bunko-gura is a three-story earthen storehouse built in 1917 along the historic Tōkaidō highway in Mitsuke, Iwata City, Shizuoka Prefecture. Constructed for a prominent miso and soy sauce brewing family, it features an Izu stone foundation, white plaster walls, and fire-resistant kakego-nuri doors. Registered as a National Tangible Cultural Property in 2024.

Discover the Shimizu Port Telpher in Shizuoka—a 1928 steel crane that revolutionized lumber loading. Japan's only surviving telpher crane, now a Registered Tangible Cultural Property and Mechanical Engineering Heritage, stands beside Mount Fuji views at Shimizu Marine Park.

The Takeyama Family Residence Main House in Tenno-cho, Hamamatsu, Shizuoka Prefecture, is a two-story wooden dwelling built in 1937 and designed by Takeyama Kenzaburō. Registered as a National Tangible Cultural Property, it is admired for its shikoro-buki-style roof, clapboard exterior, and refined interior featuring carefully selected premium timbers.

Located in the Mariko district of Shizuoka City, the Chojiya Store is a historic teahouse founded in 1596, famously depicted in Utagawa Hiroshige's ukiyo-e print series Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido. Registered as a National Tangible Cultural Property in 2022, the thatched-roof building was relocated by the 12th-generation owner to recreate the landscape portrayed in Hiroshige's art. For over four centuries, Chojiya has served its celebrated tororo-jiru (grated yam soup), preserving the culinary and architectural heritage of the Tokaido post-station culture.