Registered Tangible Cultural Properties of Gifu

Built in 1910, this brick gate (5.5 m wide, 2.4 m high) features granite-capped pillars and flared brick steps facing the Nagara River. Registered as a Tangible Cultural Property in 2000 and designated Modernization Industrial Heritage in 2007, it still serves as the working entrance to one of Japan's earliest hydroelectric plants.

A 1.2-meter Flemish-bond brick fence with five buttresses, raised in 1910 around Japan's first Nagaragawa River hydroelectric plant. A working piece of Meiji-era industrial heritage in Mino, Gifu, registered as a Tangible Cultural Property in 2000.

Tucked into the mountains of Mino City, Gifu Prefecture, the Nagaragawa Power Station No. 1 Settling Basin Waterproof Wall is a 1910 Registered Tangible Cultural Property still in active service. Its roughly pentagonal, 60-meter brick-and-cobblestone enclosure—punctuated by four elegant semicircular arched gates—regulates the water that powers Gifu's first hydroelectric station. Discover this quiet jewel of Meiji-era engineering heritage along the Nagara River.

Built in 1910, this short brick-and-stone arched culvert lies on the power station's conduit. A granite portal and iron gate flush trapped silt from the settling basin.

Built in 1910, the Hidani Aqueduct Bridge carries the Nagara River Power Station's conduit across a valley, its curving five-arch span holding an English-bond channel.

Finished in 1910 as Nagoya's first power plant, the Nagara River Power Station main building still runs today, its brick gable joining a rose window with onigawara tiles.

Built in 1910, the Yunohoradani Aqueduct Bridge is the longest of the station's brick water bridges. Granite springers carry six-course arches beside a mountain road.

Built around 1910, the Spillway Crossing Bridge is a small reinforced-concrete arch by the station's head tank, among the earliest concrete bridges in the Chubu region.

The kitchen of Nangu Taisha's Saikan in Tarui, Gifu (c. 1961). It cooked the food for wedding banquets, each of its two rooms split between board floor and earthen floor.

The corridor of Nangu Taisha's Saikan in Tarui, Gifu (c. 1961). It wraps the south garden and links the two main wings, its west face set with lattice windows.

The North Building of Nangu Taisha's Saikan in Tarui, Gifu, built around 1961. Its upstairs west room holds a wedding altar and coffered ceiling; registered in 2024.

The South Building of Nangu Taisha's Saikan in Tarui, Gifu (c. 1961). It held guest rooms and a priests' purification bath, with transoms carved in plum and bamboo.

The Storehouse of the Hanada-Imai Residence in Mimayano, Gero, dates to about 1875. A two-storey plaster dozo, plain in form but carefully finished around its front door.

The Hanada-Imai Main House in Mimayano, Gero, began in 1829. Its earthen-floor side became a Western clinic and its upper floor is thought to have raised silkworms.

At the Hanada-Imai Residence in Mimayano, Gero, one early-Showa building combines a watermill, a miso store and a shed. A rare survival showing how a large farm worked.

The Hanada-Imai Gate and Fence in Mimayano, Gero, date to about 1956. A plaster wall runs 38 metres west from the main house, with a simple bracketed gate beside it.

Discover the Morikawa Yoshiaki Family Residence, a registered tangible cultural property in Okute-juku, Mizunami City. This 1893 Meiji-era house served as both a merchant home and traveler's inn along the Nakasendo highway.

The Yasuda Family Residence Main House, a Registered Tangible Cultural Property on the old Nakasendo highway in Kakamigahara, Gifu, was once an inn called 'Wakatakeya.' Its gray plaster facade and lattice windows harmonize with neighboring heritage townhouses to preserve the historic post town landscape of Unuma-juku, near Matsuo Basho's waki-honjin and the National Treasure Inuyama Castle.

The Ohiroma-tō (Grand Hall Building) of Yatsusankan in Furukawa, Hida City, Gifu Prefecture, is a nationally registered tangible cultural property built in 1935. Its second floor houses a magnificent 100-tatami grand hall featuring a tokonoma alcove, staggered shelving, and a built-in writing alcove — a refined shoin-style space crafted with premium timber by Hida's master carpenters.

Discover the Yatsusankan Storehouse (Dozō), a Registered Tangible Cultural Property in Hida Furukawa, Gifu Prefecture. This imposing Meiji-era earthen storehouse is part of a renowned ryotei ryokan with over 160 years of history, showcasing traditional Hida craftsmanship and architectural heritage.

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