Registered Tangible Cultural Properties of Japan

Discover Chōseikan Kōbaisō, a nationally registered tangible cultural property annex built in 1933 at Shida Onsen in Fujieda, Shizuoka. Featuring pink plaster walls with plum blossom motifs and pre-war craftsmanship.

Discover Choseikan Main Building, a nationally registered tangible cultural property inn at Shida Onsen in Fujieda, Shizuoka Prefecture. Built in 1939, this two-story wooden ryokan features exquisite craftsmanship with curved and natural-form timbers.

The Tsurutani Family Residence Main House in Kaketsuka, Iwata City, Shizuoka Prefecture, is a two-story wooden merchant dwelling built around 1884. Registered as a National Tangible Cultural Property, this former sake brewery preserves the architectural character of early Meiji-era Kaketsuka — a historic port town at the mouth of the Tenryu River once known as the Little Edo of Enshu.

The Tenryu Hamanako Railroad Ichinomiya River Bridge, located in Fukuroi City, Shizuoka Prefecture, is a historic railway bridge built in 1935 as part of the former JNR Futamata Line. Spanning 40 meters with a combination of steel plate girders and reinforced concrete approach spans, it features steelwork by Yokogawa Bridge Works using Yawata Steel. As one of 36 Registered Tangible Cultural Properties along the Tenhama Line, this prewar bridge contributes to the region's historic landscape.

The Tenryu Hamanako Railroad Operation District Rest House at Tenryu Futamata Station in Hamamatsu, Shizuoka Prefecture, is a single-story wooden building constructed in 1940 alongside the opening of the JNR Futamata Line. Registered as a National Tangible Cultural Property, it preserves the heritage of an early Showa-era railway engine depot together with the turntable and fan-shaped engine shed.

The Tokaido Nanushi no Yakata (Koike Family Residence) in Yui, Shimizu Ward, Shizuoka City is the former home of the Koike family, who served as nanushi (village headmen) of Teraō village throughout the Edo period. Built in the Meiji era as a single-story wooden farmhouse, it was registered as a National Tangible Cultural Property in 1998. Features such as namako-tile walls, a large door with a wicket gate, a den-no-ji four-room layout, and a massive central pillar preserve the dignity of a headman's residence and the spirit of the old Tokaido.

A small two-storey storehouse of just 17 square metres tucked into the Tōzansō villa complex in Atami, Shizuoka. Registered as a National Tangible Cultural Property in 2016 as part of a prewar villa ensemble, this modest auxiliary building once safeguarded the art collection assembled by Okada Mokichi—the very collection that would later form the foundational holdings of the celebrated MOA Museum of Art.

Once the Meiji Emperor’s chamber at the Iida honjin of Arai-juku, this shoin moved to Hōkō-ji in 1885, with a 24-mat antechamber and a raised dais room. Registered 2019.

On the streamside approach, this three-bay two-story gate shows degumi brackets below and two-stepped brackets above, marking a head temple’s rank. Registered 2019.

Joined to the Main Hall, this station for the shika stands beside the Main Hall and Great Kuri, anchoring the central precinct. Built c.1915, registered 2019.

This worship hall faces the small Shichison Bosatsu-dō within its outer shelter. The shrine behind is a separate Important Cultural Property. Registered 2019.

Office of the head of the Hōkō-ji branch of Rinzai Zen, joined to the Great Kuri by a covered passage. With the Shika-ryō it forms the working quarters. Registered 2019.

Joined to the Founder’s Hall, this small copper-roofed votive hall honours the founder Mumon Gensen, with packed bracketing and carved beams. Registered 2019.

A one-bay-square, skirt-base bell tower east of the Main Hall plaza, set on a cobblestone platform, its open upper level held by two-stepped brackets. Registered in 2019.

A south-facing meditation hall below a bluff, with a Bodhidharma image on its diagonal earthen floor and tatami platforms on both sides. Registered 2019.

A single-bay Kōrai gate facing south at the entrance to the approach, doorless with wing walls to either side, built of fine timber. Registered 2019.

A long kuri of 513 square metres east of the Main Hall, its central karahafu porch and hip-and-gable projections forming a bold face. Registered 2019.

A guest entrance joined to the Main Hall’s west face, with a front-facing karahafu tile roof and a chrysanthemum crest reflecting the temple’s imperial-prince founder.

A four-legged gate before the Founder’s Hall, copper-roofed with eave karahafu front and back and a chrysanthemum crest for its imperial-prince founder. Registered 2019.

Joined to the worship hall, this hall enshrines the guardian Hansōbō, said to have saved the founder at sea. It survived the 1881 fire. Registered 2019.

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