Edo

On Hokkaido's Sea of Japan coast, the Sasanami house is the island's oldest surviving folk dwelling, raised in the early 1800s by a family of herring net owners.

The Former Shimoyoichi Unjoya in Yoichi, Hokkaido, built in 1853, is the only survivor of the trading posts the Matsumae domain set up across the island.

The main hall of Shogyoji in Akkeshi, Hokkaido, built in 1799 at Itoigawa in Niigata and moved here in 1910, keeps rich carvings and colour rare in Hokkaido temples.

The main hall of Jokokuji in Kaminokuni, Hokkaido, a Jodo temple hall of 1758 below the Katsuyama fort, is one of the few Buddhist halls in Hokkaido this old.

An Edo tea room attributed to Kobori Enshu, carried from Omi to Sapporo in the 1920s. Its eight windows and red pine central pillar survive in Nakajima Park.

A turret gate of 1853 and the only building left from Fukuyama Castle, the last in the Japanese style. Free to view year-round inside Matsumae Park, Hokkaido.

A mid-Edo four-legged gate with a hand-split shingle roof at a Soto Zen temple in Matsumae, among Hokkaido's oldest temple buildings. Designated in 1993.

Ryuunin in Matsumae, Hokkaido, founded in 1625, keeps five late Edo buildings, among them a main hall of 1842 carved by Kashiwazaki carpenters and old quarters.

Kumagai Family Residence Main House in Hokuto is a late Edo townhouse registered in 2006. Its sheet-iron roof and restored earth floor show Donan building practice.