Registered Tangible Cultural Properties of Japan

A small cobblestone weir of 1933 standing 518 metres above Aoshita No. 3 Dam near Sendai. A notch in its crest lets the flow of the river be read as a number.

The small protective hall before the Aoba Shrine worship hall in Sendai, dated 1931, is a gable-entry hall of 6 square metres carved to match the main hall.

The offering preparation hall of Aoba Shrine in Sendai, built in about 1929, is a hip-and-gable hall joined to the worship hall by a corridor for carrying offerings.

The 1927 openwork fence of Aoba Shrine in Sendai runs 87 metres around the main hall, with a cut-stone base, battened panels, lattice above and two wicket gates.

At Aoba Shrine in Sendai, a 1927 four-legged middle gate in the fence is joined to an open prayer recitation hall, both sharing the carved details of the main hall.

The 1927 worship hall of Aoba Shrine in Sendai, a five-by-three-bay hall with a copper hip-and-gable roof and coffered ceiling, closes the end of the approach.

The 1924 main hall of Aoba Shrine in Sendai, dedicated to Date Masamune, is a three-bay nagare-style hall pairing geometric beam ends with medieval-style struts.

Three-story cedar inn at Kamasaki Onsen, rebuilt 1941 after flood damage. Cedar through-pillars run from basement to top floor. National Cultural Property, 2016.

The Ebiki Front Storehouse is a 1920s earthen store beside the old shop in Toyoma, Miyagi. It held stock and grain, with doors to both shop and street.

The Ebiki Former Sake Brewery, a late Edo store in Toyoma, Miyagi, made sake until 1908. As the Kura no Shiryokan it shows triple beams and a shrine on guided tours.

The Ebiki Former Soy Sauce Brewery, built in 1892 in Toyoma, Miyagi, shows carpenter Sato Asakichi's orderly triple beams. It is now Ebiki Hall, for group meals.

The Ebiki Former Shop is a 1920s corner shop at the entrance to Toyoma, Miyagi. Its upper namako walls use an altered diagonal joint, repeated on a later corner.

The Ebiki Workshop is an early Meiji brewing hall between two storehouses in Toyoma, Miyagi. Twin gabled roofs cover one open floor, key to how miso was made.

The Ebiki Main House is a late Meiji home behind the shop in Toyoma, Miyagi, registered as a model of form for its tall profile and a tea-style inner room.

The Ebiki Archive Storehouse is a small late Edo store in Toyoma, Miyagi, with tile joints that change by floor and window brackets set with pierced openwork boards.

The Ebiki Miso and Soy Sauce Brewing Storehouse in Toyoma, Tome City, Miyagi, is part of the historic compound of Ebiki Shoten, founded in 1833 and registered as a national Tangible Cultural Property in 2018. Located in the heart of "Miyagi's Meiji Village," the complex preserves eight buildings spanning the late Edo to Taisho eras, where traditional miso and soy sauce fermentation continues to this day.

Turret gate of the late Edo period at Enmeiji in Shiroishi, Miyagi, said to be Shiroishi Castle's Umayaguchi Gate, moved around 1874; a rare castle relic.

Taisho-era hall sheltering an Inari shrine at the Oimatsu Nagata Brewery in Watari, one bay square, with ornate carvings said to be by Kesen carpenters.

Main house of the 1890s behind the Oimatsu Nagata Brewery shop in Watari, Miyagi: L-shaped, with three sukiya-style reception rooms and an open-roofed family room.

Shop of the 1890s at the Oimatsu Nagata Brewery in Watari, Miyagi, with a shopfront and storehouse wing under one roof and a solid upper front in namako tilework.

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