Meiji

This 31.2-metre brick chimney of 1888 vented the boilers of the Miyaura Pit. The last chimney left at Miike, it is free to visit in Miyaura Coal Memorial Park.

A 45-meter brick chimney of 1908 in Tagawa's Coal Memorial Park, laid in English bond to draft the mine's boiler house. Among the largest Meiji brick stacks left.

A 45-meter brick chimney of 1908 in Tagawa's Coal Memorial Park, octagonal at its base. With its twin it forms the two chimneys sung in the Tanko Bushi coal-mining song.

A 28-meter steel headframe of 1909 in Tagawa's Coal Memorial Park. Its two head sheaves raised the Ita Shaft's coal, and it is the only steel headframe left in Chikuho.

Completed in 1911 as the Kusano Bank head office at Kurume, Fukuoka, this wooden building with a chidori gable porch was registered in 1999 and is now a museum.

This 1908 stone gate at Kurume, Fukuoka wraps the former Kusano Bank garden in an L shape, its plinth carrying arabesque ironwork. Registered as heritage in 1999.

The largest storehouse at the Kusumori Kawakita Residence in Ukiha, Fukuoka. This early-Meiji building is two-storied on the west and open to the roof on the east.

A detached guest wing at the Kusumori Kawakita Residence in Ukiha, Fukuoka. Built in refined sukiya style, it was the birthplace of art historian Kawakita Michiaki.

A registered building at the Kusumori Kawakita Residence in Ukiha, Fukuoka. Its floorboards bear an 1861 date, but it was likely moved and remodeled in late Meiji.

Kurakazu Family Residence Main House in Yame, Fukuoka, is an 1885 landowner's home of 300 m² with an L-shaped hip-and-gable roof, and was registered in 2018.

Kurakazu Family Residence Storehouse in Yame, Fukuoka, is an 1891 two-storey plastered storehouse on a stone wall facing the main house, registered in 2018.

Kurakazu Family Residence Barn in Yame, Fukuoka, built in 1876, is the oldest of the four registered buildings, with an open earth-floored ground floor.

Kurakazu Family Residence Annex in Yame, Fukuoka, is a 1909 single-storey wing linked to the main house, with its floor cantilevered out over a stone wall.

Sasayama Shrine Lattice Fence in Kurume encloses the main hall for 88 meters. Its 1879 edokiri stone base, cross battens, vertical lattice and light roof, explained.

Sasayama Shrine Middle Gate in Kurume is an 1879 hira-karamon gate carved with two Arima family crests, a triple comma and a gentian wheel. Where to see the details.

Sasayama Shrine Worship Hall in Kurume is an open 1879 hall, five bays by three, with shitomi shutters, an upturned railing and a coved ceiling. How to visit.

Sasayama Shrine Main Hall, built in 1879 in Kurume, folds its three-bay porch under one irimoya roof. See its deep degumi eaves, kaerumata and the best viewpoint.

The Jokyu Soy Sauce Front Zashiki in Fukuoka is an early Meiji reception building said to have lodged troops in 1877. See its alcove room and railed window.

The Jokyu Soy Sauce Rice Storehouse in Fukuoka is a two-storey store of 1871 beside the brewing store, now used for brewing tools. See its copper-roofed doorway.

The Jofukuji Temple Main Gate in Okawa is a plain yakuimon of about 1872, said to reuse Yanagawa Castle gate timber. Registered Tangible Cultural Property in 2023.