Registered Tangible Cultural Properties of Hiroshima

Explore Kojimaya Dozo, an 1836 Edo-period earthen storehouse in Higashihiroshima's sake brewing district. This registered cultural property features ingenious fire-resistant architecture and connects to the origins of Kamotsuru Sake Brewery. Learn about its history, architectural features, and how to visit this hidden gem in Japan's famous Saijo sake town.

The Ihara Sōjūrō Residence main house in Shiraichi, Higashihiroshima, is an 1871 ironcasters' townhouse. Metal fittings on its lattice recall the trade. Registered 2025.

The Ihara Sōjūrō Residence storehouse in Shiraichi is the town's only three-storey kura, built by an ironcasting family in the Taishō era. Registered 2025.

The Ihara Sōjūrō Residence detached wing in Shiraichi is a refined Meiji guest room and tea room, said to have lodged a prince. Registered 2025 as a design model.

The Ihara Sōjūrō Residence gate and wall edge an old street in Shiraichi. Its stone-stepped yakui-mon gate bears castle-style shachihoko ornaments. Registered 2025.

Explore the Iroha Maru Exhibition Hall in Tomonoura, Fukuyama. Housed in a Registered Tangible Cultural Property warehouse from the Edo period, this museum showcases artifacts from Sakamoto Ryoma's famous 1867 maritime incident and his secret hideout.

A late Edo dry-stone check dam above the Dōdō River in Fukuyama, 21 m long and 3.8 m high, combining random coursing, interlocked corners and diagonal upper tiers.

An early Showa sake wholesaler's house on Saijo's old highway, Higashihiroshima, registered in 2021. Black tile faces its upper storey, with wing walls at each end.

A 1920s-30s plastered storehouse set behind the Okada merchant house in Higashihiroshima's sake district, registered in 2021, with a coffered ceiling over its door.

Raised in 1925 and opened in 1927, this playhouse in Fuchū keeps its revolving stage, under-stage pit and hanamichi walkway beneath a Western king post truss roof.

Discover Ono Community Hall in Jinsekikogen, Hiroshima — a 1929 wooden schoolhouse registered as a national tangible cultural property. Explore its history, architecture, and rural highland charm.

A Taisho house in Higashihiroshima, Hiroshima, registered in 2012. Its 231 sq m plan has a cusped gable at the porch and a coved coffered ceiling in the main room.

A 31 sq m Taisho annexe in Higashihiroshima, Hiroshima, linked to the main house by a roofed corridor. A cusped window and lobed bamboo lattice show unusual care.

A late Meiji gate in Higashihiroshima, Hiroshima, 6.3 m wide with a 3 m plank-door opening and a wicket door. Registered in 2012, it predates the house it faces.

This small open well house at Kanemitsu Brewery in Hiroshima shelters a stone well and the medium-hard water used in every batch of its sake. Registered in 2020.

Rising about twelve metres at Kanemitsu Brewery in Hiroshima, this English-bond brick chimney with a banded top is a landmark from the brewery's era of modernising.

The oldest building at Kanemitsu Brewery, this early-Meiji dozo storehouse is where the acclaimed Kamokinshu sake, revived through hand brewing in 2003, is still made.

Running about 39 metres at Kanemitsu Brewery in Hiroshima, this long dozo storehouse holds the cold-kept tanks that guard the fresh, lightly sparkling Kamokinshu sake.

Linked by a covered corridor to the main house at Kanemitsu Brewery, this late-Taisho detached building shows the sukiya-refined domestic side of a sake-brewing family.

The Kanemitsu Sake Brewery Bottling House in Kurose-cho, Higashihiroshima City, Hiroshima Prefecture, is a nationally Registered Tangible Cultural Property designated in 2020. Eight brewery structures including the bottling house, brewing storehouse, and chimney preserve the culture and history of traditional Japanese sake production since the brewery's founding in 1880. The still-active brewery produces the award-winning Kamo Kinshu sake and features an on-site direct sales shop.

Hiroshima’s registered properties across designations, with featured heritage and travel notes.

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