Akagi Family Residence Main Building
Discover the Akagi Family Residence, one of Japan's best-preserved Meiji-era farmhouse complexes with 16 registered cultural properties. Explore traditional architecture, silkworm-rearing rooms, and authentic rural heritage near Kinosaki Onsen in Hyogo Prefecture.
American House (former Hamway Residence)
Discover the American House (Former Hamway Residence), a National Registered Tangible Cultural Property in Kobe's historic Kitano Ijinkan district. This early Showa period Western-style residence showcases exceptional architectural design and stands next to the famous Moegi-no-Yakata.
Iwasa Family Storehouse
Discover the Iwasake Residence Storehouse, a nationally registered cultural property in Akashi City. This beautifully preserved 1904 Meiji-era farmhouse features distinctive black and white stucco walls amidst modern urbanization.
Built in the Oishi Family Home
Discover the Oishi Family Residence in Toyooka City's Tanto area - a remarkable collection of 15 traditional farm buildings dating back to 1875. Learn about these registered cultural properties showcasing Meiji-era rural architecture in Hyogo Prefecture.
Kinosaki Onsen Ropeway Onsenji Station
Discover the Kinosaki Onsen Ropeway Onsenji Station, a Registered Tangible Cultural Property built in 1962. This architectural gem connects visitors to the ancient Onsenji Temple while offering stunning views of Japan's most famous hot spring town.
Kinosaki Onsen Ropeway Summit Station
Discover the Kinosaki Onsen Ropeway Summit Station, a Registered Tangible Cultural Property featuring Michelin-starred views, Kurobe Dam construction techniques, and mid-century modern architecture atop Mt. Daishi.
Kinosaki Onsen Ropeway Foothill Station
Discover the Kinosaki Onsen Ropeway Base Station, a 1962 Registered Tangible Cultural Property featuring distinctive vault-style architecture. This gateway to Michelin-starred views connects ancient Onsenji Temple with panoramic vistas of the Sea of Japan, offering a unique blend of modern design and traditional onsen culture.
Kuroda Seiemon Shoten Outer Wall
Explore the nationally registered cultural property of Kuroda Seiemon Shoten's outer wall in Miki City, Hyogo. This Edo-era merchant house preserves Japan's traditional hardware industry heritage along the historic Yunoyama Kaido road.
Nishinomiya Shrine Kaei Bridge
Discover the Kaei Bridge at Nishinomiya Shrine, a registered cultural property built in 1848 by sake brewers leading to Matsuo Shrine. Explore this elegant granite bridge in Nada Gogō, Japan's most renowned sake-producing region.
Kajiwara Family Residence Storehouse
Discover the Uchi-Ōkura, a registered tangible cultural property within the Kajihara estate in Ōshio, Himeji. This Edo-period earthen storehouse reflects the prosperity of salt industry landowners in Hyogo Prefecture.
Kajiwara Family Residence Storehouse
Discover the Kajiwara Family Residence Storehouse in Himeji's Oshio district, an Edo-period earthen storehouse registered as a Tangible Cultural Property. Built in 1842 by a prominent salt-field owning family, it features elegant white plaster walls and fine decorative plasterwork.
Former Okagata Club (Komonoya Hall)
Built in 1927 as a social hall for the merchants of Hyogo-no-tsu, the Former Okakata Club is a nationally registered tangible cultural property that miraculously survived both the Kobe air raids of WWII and the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake of 1995. This Secessionist-style Western building preserves the memory of Hyogo-no-tsu's prosperity and will reopen as the Kobe City Historical Archives in June 2026.
Kuroda Seiemon Shoten Miso Store
Discover the Kuroda Seiuemon Shoten Miso Storehouse, a National Registered Tangible Cultural Property in Miki City, Hyogo. Part of an 11-building complex belonging to the oldest surviving hardware wholesaler in Japan's premier tool-making town, this mid-Meiji storehouse offers a rare window into traditional merchant life.
Nishinomiya Shrine Zuiho Bridge
Zuihō Bridge is a graceful granite drum bridge spanning the sacred pond of Nishinomiya Shrine, Japan's foremost Ebisu shrine, in Hyogo Prefecture. Donated in 1907 by the founder of Hakutaka Sake Brewery and enhanced with bronze balustrades in 1922, this Registered Tangible Cultural Property embodies the deep connection between Nishinomiya's renowned Nada sake-brewing heritage and its most sacred place of worship.
Tomari Shrine Noh Stage
Discover the Tomari Shrine Noh Stage, a registered tangible cultural property in Kakogawa, Hyogo. This Edo-period open-air Noh stage, linked to the legendary swordsman Miyamoto Musashi, features stunning timber framing and hosts the Kakogawa Takigi Noh firelight performances.
Tomari Shrine Heiden
Discover Tomari Shrine's Heiden (Offering Hall), an Edo-period registered tangible cultural property in Kakogawa, Hyogo. Connected to the legendary swordsman Miyamoto Musashi through his adopted son Iori, this shrine blends myth, samurai heritage, and traditional architecture.
Built in the Ae Family Residence
Ae Family Rice Storehouse
Northwest Wing of the Ae Family Home