Registered Tangible Cultural Properties of Chiba

The Sakamoto Sohonten Store in Sosa, Chiba, a black-plastered storehouse-style shop of 1905 on the old road, recalls the historic roadside townscape of Yokaichiba.

The Sasaya Storehouse in Nagareyama, Chiba, a two-storey earthen-walled store of 1898, has white walls banded in black and recalls the busy old street.

The 1939 home of psychiatrist Shikiba Ryuzaburo in Ichikawa, Chiba, registered in 2021, designed by Yanagi Soetsu and Hamada Shoji in a mingei blend of East and West.

The main house of the Shibuya Family Residence in Kamagaya, Chiba, built in 1826, is a thatched farmhouse with a formal entrance, the oldest building in the city.

The rice storehouse of the Shibuya Family Residence in Kamagaya, Chiba, dated to 1848, is a two-storey earthen storehouse with plaster walls and weatherboards.

The gate of the Shibuya Family Residence in Kamagaya, Chiba, an early Showa yakuimon with side walls, faces the main house across fields that frame the homestead.

A 55-metre wall of cut Bōshū stone from the early Taishō era along the old main street of Kanaya, Futtsu, 1.8 metres high in level courses. Seen from the road.

A tiny storehouse of around 1923 in Kamogawa that looks like plastered earth but is built of Ōya stone, at the end of the annex veranda. Registered; private.

A two-storey storehouse of 1902 in Kanaya, built of the finest sakura-me Bōshū stone. Now the Nokogiriyama Museum of Art annex, closed Tuesdays; adults 300 yen.

An early Shōwa well in Kanaya, Futtsu: a head cut from a single block of Bōshū stone over coursed stone and a shaft in bedrock, 8.2 metres deep. Registered.

A household Inari shrine of 1953 in Kanaya, Futtsu, only 0.59 metres high, its posts, beams, rafters and doors all carved from stone. Registered; access unannounced.

A 1924 gate of mortared cobblestones at the Suzuki house in Tateyama, 3.2 metres high, its side walls curving to the street. Registered; clearly seen from the road.

A 1924 timber storehouse joined to the Suzuki house in Tateyama, its mortar walls scored to look like stone. Registered; private and barely visible from the street.

A late Meiji two-storey earthen storehouse in Kamogawa that held rice for sake, with white plaster walls, a board-clad base and a deep canopy. Registered; private.

Built in 1924 above Tateyama Port, this Japanese-Western house pairs a pedimented porch with cork-floored rooms. Registered; private, so view it from the gate.

An early Meiji thatched farmhouse in Kamogawa with an earth-floored work area, five rooms and a formal entrance, typical of the Bōsō peninsula. Registered; private.

A 1953 house in Kanaya, Futtsu, with a layered tiled roof, foundations of local Bōshū stone and a plaster acanthus ceiling. Registered; interior access unannounced.

A reception wing of around 1923 in a Kamogawa brewer's compound: two tatami rooms opening onto a full-length veranda and earth-floored eave. Registered; not open.

A late Meiji earthen storehouse in Kamogawa where sake was heat-treated and stored before shipping, with an inspection room on its west end. Registered; not open.

A late-Taisho thatched farmhouse in Chikura, southern Boso, rebuilt after the 1923 quake. A registered property keeping the area's bamboo ridge and segai eaves.