Registered Tangible Cultural Properties of Japan

In Kanazawa, a 1916 wooden townhouse stands behind a former clinic, its plan separating patient and family routes, an early mark of modern urban living in Japan.

In Kanazawa's Ishibiki, the Ueno Family Storehouse is a small 1916 dozo with white-plastered walls and a placed tiled roof, a cultural property near Kenrokuen.

Standing in the wooded precincts of Enuma Shrine in Kaga City, Ishikawa Prefecture, the Chikkeikan is a graceful two-story timber residence built in 1900 as the country home of Maeda Toshika, the fourteenth and last lord of the Daishōji Domain. Registered as a Tangible Cultural Property of Japan in 2008, it preserves the formal reception spaces of an upper-rank samurai household—an upper chamber with a tokonoma alcove, a great hall, tatami corridors and a wide veranda—rendered in the refined craftsmanship of late-Meiji carpentry. Together with the neighboring Chōryūtei pavilion (an Important Cultural Property) and the city-designated stroll garden, it offers visitors a quietly atmospheric introduction to the heritage of Kaga's former castle town.

The Kitaōji Rosanjin Former Residence in Yamashiro Onsen, Kaga City, Ishikawa Prefecture, is a National Registered Tangible Cultural Property dating from the early Meiji era. In 1915, the young Rosanjin stayed here to carve signboards and first encountered ceramics. Now open as 'Iroha Sōan,' visitors can explore his workroom, study, hearth room, traditional garden, and storehouse gallery.

The Kitaoji Rosanjin Residence Storehouse is a nationally Registered Tangible Cultural Property in Yamashiro Onsen, Kaga City, Ishikawa Prefecture. Built in the Meiji era, this earthen storehouse is where the celebrated multi-disciplinary artist Kitaoji Rosanjin stayed in 1915 and discovered his artistic calling. Now open to the public as Iroha Sōan, visitors can explore the rooms where Rosanjin lived and view his ceramic works.

A nationally registered tangible cultural property in Komatsu City, Ishikawa Prefecture, this rare kiln shed preserves traditional nishiki kilns at the birthplace of Living National Treasure Tokuda Yasokichi III. Explore masterpieces spanning three generations of Kutani ware artistry in an intimate early Shōwa-era townhouse setting.

Completed in 1924, the Saigawa Ohashi Bridge is a National Registered Tangible Cultural Property spanning the Saigawa River in Kanazawa. Designed by pioneering bridge engineer Sekiba Shigeki and partially built with British steel, this Warren truss bridge features a striking blue gradient paint inspired by Kaga Yuzen dyeing and a gold-leaf nameplate, serving as a beloved symbol connecting Katamachi and Nishi Chaya districts.

Shokoji's north storehouse in Hakusan, built in 1914, is the earliest of the temple's Taisho buildings, a small earthen dozo with black-plaster base and stone facing.

Shokoji's guest hall in Hakusan, built in 1918, is the temple's most ornate building, with a cusped entrance gable, gold-papered walls and mother-of-pearl transoms.

Shokoji's kuri in Hakusan, a two-storey priests' quarters of 1918, shows a decorated west gable of struts and boat brackets over weatherboarding, cited as a modern kuri.

Shokoji's zashiki wing in Hakusan, a two-storey timber building of 1918, holds formal rooms with alcoves over two floors and served as living and reception space.

Shokoji's main gate in Hakusan, a gabled four-legged gate of 1956, shows dense bracketing and a dragon carved across the opening, a work of high decorative quality.

Shokoji's bell tower in Hakusan keeps a mid-Edo frame, the oldest at the temple, an open single-bay tower on a high Tomuro-stone plinth, relocated in 1976 and registered.

Shokoji's Sofu-an in Hakusan, a thatched tea room built in 1935, is named after Chiyo-ni's brush name and marked by a cross-shaped roof; a registered cultural property.

Shokoji's tea house in Hakusan, built in 1918, gathers named rooms such as Ryoryo-an under one roof, a refined Taisho tea complex with a compact log-and-bamboo tea room.

Shokoji's Chiyo-ni Hall in Hakusan, built in 1935 for the poet's 150th memorial, is a tiny thatched shrine holding Yoshida Saburo's carved image of Kaga no Chiyo.

Shokoji's main hall in Hakusan, Ishikawa, a large Shin Buddhist sanctuary of 1898, has round columns and Inami-carved transoms; a registered cultural property.

Shokoji's south storehouse in Hakusan, an earthen dozo of 1918, frames its street-side windows in a torii-like outline to compose the townscape; a registered property.

Discover Shingyo-ji Temple Shoin, a nationally registered tangible cultural property in Wakura Onsen, Nanao City, Ishikawa Prefecture. Originally built in 1909 as an attendants' pavilion for Crown Prince Yoshihito (later Emperor Taisho), this rare surviving imperial rest building features exquisite uzukuri wood flooring and vibrant contemporary artwork.

Standing in the heart of Kanazawa's Nishi Chaya-gai geisha district, the Nishi Kenban Jimusho was built in 1922 as a practice hall and management office for geisha. Its water-blue Western-style office wing, adorned with a bargeboarded entrance porch, connects via a small courtyard to a traditional Japanese-style practice hall behind. Registered as a National Tangible Cultural Property in 2003, it remains in active use as a geisha rehearsal space — a living window into the Taisho era.