Registered Tangible Cultural Properties of Ibaraki

An early Showa storehouse at Chikusei City, Ibaraki: 3 meters square, 9.9 square meters, clad in scale-patterned copper sheet. Built for the family mikoshi.

A middle Meiji gate in Chikusei City, Ibaraki, facing the main house from the south. It is 2.5 meters across, thatched, and built without metal fittings.

The Former Kabaho Elementary School Building in Makabe, Sakuragawa City, is a mid-Meiji timber schoolhouse moved here in the Taisho era and registered in 2004.

Discover the Former Kyōrakukan (Hitachi Budōkan) in Hitachi City, Ibaraki. This striking 1917 wooden theater was built by the Hitachi Mine in the style of Tokyo's Kabukiza and is now a Registered Tangible Cultural Property of Japan.

The Former Kurokawa Rice Store in Yuki City is a 1912 earthen-walled merchant shop with a high ridge, outsized end tiles and a shopfront that opens end to end.

A steel-framed school hall of 1955 in Daigo Town, Ibaraki, its frame cased in timber and rendered, with tall windows set against round ones. Registered in 2014.

Built in 1962 on rising ground in Daigo Town, Ibaraki, this 92-square-metre timber room links by a bridge to the upper floor of the main block. Registered in 2014.

A single-storey timber workshop of 1951 behind the main block in Daigo Town, Ibaraki: one open room of 7 by 4 bays under sheet metal. Registered in 2014.

Built in 1951 in Daigo Town, Ibaraki: a reading room and a cooking room of 5 by 4 bays under a single stepped roof, 141 square metres. Registered in 2014.

A 2-storey timber schoolhouse of 1950 in Daigo Town, Ibaraki: 81 metres long, carried on king post trusses, with lapped board walls. Registered in 2014.

Built in 1957 at Saigane in Daigo Town, this 533 square meter timber school keeps its lapped boarding, mortar entrance bay and corridor fire door. Registered 2018.

A 42 square meter cookhouse of 1956 at Saigane in Daigo Town, with mortar carried over the eaves soffit and boarded ceilings against fire. Registered in 2018.

Built in 1964 on a terrace 3 meters above the yard at Saigane in Daigo Town, this 188 square meter block glazes both long walls for daylight. Registered in 2018.

The Former Shizan Juku Main House in Tsuchiura, Ibaraki Prefecture, is a refined two-story wooden residence built in 1928 as a private academy dedicated to Mito Learning. Featuring elegant details such as protruding-knot alcove pillars and single-plank transoms, this modern Japanese-style building was registered as a National Registered Tangible Cultural Property in 2024.

The Former Daigo Bank Head Office in Daigo, Ibaraki Prefecture, is a National Registered Tangible Cultural Property built in 1917. Featuring Renaissance-inspired columns and a distinctive corner dome, this elegant wooden bank building now serves as the Machikado Bijutsukan gallery. A must-visit on any heritage walk through the Oku-Kuji area, home to the famous Fukuroda Falls.

An 1859 storehouse on Nakajo-dori in Tsuchiura, Ibaraki, that held the shop's stock of kimono cloth. It turns its gable to the street and covers 50 square meters.

A late Edo townhouse on the corner of Nakajo-dori in Tsuchiura, Ibaraki, with earthen walls, a tile roof and an unusually tall upper floor over 74 square meters.

An early Meiji building in Tsuchiura, Ibaraki, with a storehouse exterior, a hipped roof and tatami reception rooms in series inside. It covers 134 square meters.

An early Meiji storehouse at the back of the Daitoku plot in Tsuchiura, Ibaraki, built for bedding and tableware. Its east gable carries a bracketed pent roof.

An 1842 storehouse behind the Daitoku shopfront in Tsuchiura, Ibaraki, the oldest of the 5 registered buildings there. It covers 20 square meters under a tile roof.