Registered Tangible Cultural Properties of Japan

Miyazaki Shrine's Shinsenjo, built in 1907, stands west of the heiden and holds the shrine's sacred food offerings. It is registered as a fine example of its type.

Miyazaki Shrine's Shinden, built in 1907, faces south before the Funatsuka burial mound. Its plain, Ise-influenced form earned a rare listing as a model of design.

An 88-meter timber fence of 1907 enclosing the sanctuary of Miyazaki Shrine in a half-octagon. Lattice above boarding lets visitors see through. Registered in 2010.

A four-legged gate of 1907 at the head of the approach to Miyazaki Shrine, its opening 5.5 meters wide and its board doors bearing large chrysanthemum fittings.

A roofed timber fence of 1907 running 119 meters, the longest registered structure at Miyazaki Shrine. Copper over battens, open palings between posts.

A two-storey timber museum of 1909 in the trees at Miyazaki Shrine, walls entirely clad in lattice-jointed tile, sash windows behind iron grilles. Registered 2010.

A worship structure of 1907 at Miyazaki Shrine, three bays square, open on all four sides, with stone paving underfoot and the roof frame left exposed.

An offering hall of 1907 at Miyazaki Shrine, seven bays by four, with paired rafters repeated along the ridge inside the roof. The largest building in the precinct.

A covered passage of 1907 linking the offering hall and the sanctuary at Miyazaki Shrine. The smallest registered structure here, its roof framing left exposed.

The Watanabe Family Residence Small Storehouse in Aburatsu, Nichinan, is a Meiji-era earthen kura for firewood, registered in 2006, plastered up to its eaves.

The Watanabe Family Residence Sake Storehouse in Aburatsu, Nichinan, is a Meiji-era earthen kura registered in 2006, its eaves sealed in wave-patterned lime plaster.

The Watanabe Family Residence Main House in Aburatsu, Nichinan, is a late-Edo merchant house registered in 2006, with lattice windows along its 9-bay street front.

The Watanabe Family Residence West Storehouse in Aburatsu, Nichinan, is a Meiji-era earthen kura for household goods, registered in 2006, with a board-clad front.

The 1933 portal of a 696-metre water conduit below Aoshita No. 1 Dam in Sendai. Pilasters and a machicolated cornice frame the arch of this registered entrance.

Completed in 1934 on the Aoshita River near Sendai, this working waterworks dam stands 13.4 metres high, and its cobblestone spillway is seen from the crest bridge.

A reinforced concrete cylinder of 1933 rising from a reservoir near Sendai, 15.5 metres tall. Three intake mouths at differing depths draw the cleanest layer.

The uppermost of three Sendai waterworks dams, finished in 1934 with the longest crest at 60.4 metres. A sediment outlet below its subsidiary weir keeps silt down.

The middle dam of three on the Aoshita River near Sendai, completed in 1934 and standing about 10 metres above the reservoir below. A forest path reaches a view.

Erected in 1934 beside Aoshita No. 1 Dam near Sendai, this broad stone monument carries a goat-head spout in front and a plate naming the engineers on its reverse.

Built in 1933 as the water source office above the first Aoshita reservoir near Sendai, this small concrete building curves its stair tower out and has portholes.

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