Edo
Fukuoka · 江戸Browse Fukuoka’s cultural heritage from the Edo period (1603 – 1868). Filter by type and keyword, with concise stories, maps, and travel tips.
The Jofukuji Temple Bell Tower in Fukuoka City is a late Edo open bell tower moved from Osaka to Hakata, then to Hibaru in 1975. Registered Property in 2011.
The Jofukuji Temple Main Hall in Okawa, rebuilt in 1834, keeps its original porch carving and Shin Buddhist plan. Registered Tangible Cultural Property in 2023.
A late Edo storehouse on the Tada estate in Chikuzen, Fukuoka, repaired in 1891: 23.2 meters long, with a namako tile base, the oldest of 18 registered buildings.
A single-bay yakuimon gate at Hikata in Ogori, Fukuoka, roofed with a tile inscribed 1850 and moved here around 1923. Registered nationally in August 2015.
The West Gate of Mizuta Tenmangu Shrine in Chikugo, Fukuoka, built in 1851, is a four-legged gate whose carved eave boards show plum branches and waves in relief.
Built in 1868, the last year of the Edo period, the East Gate of Mizuta Tenmangu Shrine in Chikugo, Fukuoka is a plain four-legged gate with exposed eaves.
The two-story Tower Gate at the entrance of Mizuta Tenmangu Shrine in Chikugo, Fukuoka, dates from the late Edo period and bears vermilion lion-head beam ends.
Myokoji Temple Zendo in Fukuoka, a late-Edo timber meditation hall moved here in 1910 that escaped a later fire, with a curved-gable porch and tan seats inside.