Registered Tangible Cultural Properties of Ehime

The third and last of the gates on the eastern climb to Matsuyama Castle's main courtyard, burned in the air raid of July 1945 and rebuilt in timber in 1972.

A turret already lost before the war, rebuilt in 1972 from the evidence of the masonry and steps alone, its elevation matched to its southern counterpart.

A 24-square-metre turret running south from Matsuyama Castle's Taiko Gate onto a projecting angle of the rampart, covering the ground before the gate.

A two-storied corner turret on the highest rampart at Matsuyama Castle, its lower floor bending to follow the masonry beneath it rather than a square plan.

The single-storey turret linking Matsuyama Castle's small keep to its south corner turret, with heavy earth-clad fire doors set at the top of the stairs.

The largest gate at Matsuyama Castle, rebuilt in timber after the arson of 1949, with a firing slit cut into the floor directly above its heavy doors.

The smaller of the two wings flanking Matsuyama Castle's Tsutsui Gate, forming an irregular gate court together with the doorless Tonashimon to its west.

A single-storey turret running east from Matsuyama Castle's Tsutsui Gate, bending south so that its projecting end block faces the approach path head on.

A two-storied turret closing the southwest corner of Matsuyama Castle's connected keep, set apart from its twin by the wooden railing around the upper floor.

Designed in 1928 by the Ehime prefectural engineer Tomura Hideo, this Matsuyama weather office still works, keeping its tower clock and marble construction tablet.

Discover Mikame Tunnel, a beautifully preserved Taisho-era brick tunnel in Seiyo City, Ehime Prefecture. Registered as a Tangible Cultural Property of Japan, this 317-meter civil engineering heritage site features elegant stone and brick portal design from 1917.

Discover Minakuchi Sake Brewery's Taisho-era shop and main house, a nationally registered tangible cultural property near Dogo Onsen. Explore its unique blend of Japanese and Western architecture, sake heritage, and craft beer culture in Matsuyama, Ehime Prefecture.

The Miyauchi Family Residence Retirement House of about 1912 stands behind the main house in Iyo City, Ehime. Listed in 2018 as a model of design, it is closed.

The Miyauchi Family Residence Tide-Viewing Basin is a late-Edo stone pit in Iyo City, Ehime, used to read the harbour tide from a merchant's garden. Now closed.

The Miyauchi Family Residence Main House is a mid-Edo merchant townhouse on the old Ozu highway in Iyo City, Ehime, listed in 2018 and now bookable as Musee Nadaya.

The Miyauchi Family Residence Old Retirement House of 1812 stands at the rear of a merchant plot in Iyo City, Ehime. A dragon covers its ceiling. It is closed.

Discover Myojo Soan, a beautifully restored Taisho-period thatched-roof farmhouse in Kihoku Town, Ehime Prefecture. Explore traditional rural life, a suikinkutsu water chime, and the scenic Hiyoshi district mountains.

The stone wall at Myosenji Temple in Onishi, Imabari City, Ehime Prefecture, is a National Registered Tangible Cultural Property built in two phases in 1838 and 1857 through donations from surrounding villages. Featuring granite from Yuzue-jima Island and various local stones, it showcases the refined masonry techniques of the late Edo period. Surviving construction documents that record the exact dates and names of the artisans make it an exceptionally well-documented heritage site.

Discover the Myosenji Bell Tower Gate (Shōrōmon) in Imabari, Ehime — a nationally registered tangible cultural property built in 1840. This rare one-bay, two-story gate features exquisite late Edo-period carvings and a suspended temple bell.

A ceremonial gate for a visiting domain lord on Ōshima, Niihama: 2.4 metres wide under heavy hongawara tile, with a 12-metre earthen east wall. Registered in 2024.