Registered Tangible Cultural Properties of Ibaraki

A mid-Meiji storehouse behind the main house in Makabe, Sakuragawa City. White lime plaster, boards on 3 of its 4 faces, iron shutters upstairs. Registered in 2004.

Sato Family Residence Front Gate in Makabe, Sakuragawa City is an early Meiji yakuimon 2.5 meters wide, with carved gegyo pendants and inlaid umeki on its posts.

The Shima Family Residence Main House in Shirosato, Ibaraki, is a thatched Edo farmhouse of two wings set at a right angle, opened free on its monthly smoking day.

The Jushichiya Footwear Shop in Ishioka City, Ibaraki Prefecture, is a two-story wooden kanban (signboard) architecture building constructed in 1930. As the first building reconstructed after the devastating 1929 fire, it pioneered the kanban architectural style in the district. Featuring Western decorative elements such as Lombardy bands and console-style capitals, it is registered as a National Registered Tangible Cultural Property as a fine example of early Showa commercial architecture.

The Sugaya Cosmetics Store and Residence stands along Nakamachi-dōri in Ishioka, Ibaraki Prefecture, as a prime example of kanban kenchiku (signboard architecture) built after the devastating 1929 Great Fire. This two-story wooden commercial building features Corinthian and Ionic pilasters, a dentil cornice, and a triangular pediment, and was registered as a National Registered Tangible Cultural Property in 2005.

A late Meiji yakuimon gate at the east end of Kamijuku-dori in Makabe, Sakuragawa, the Suzuki Family Residence Front Gate has a gabled roof and 2.4 metre opening.

An early Meiji gatehouse at Furushiro in Makabe, Sakuragawa, the Suzuki Brewery Nagayamon Gate covers 64 square metres beneath a deeply eaved hipped tiled roof.

The timber wing behind the storehouses of a kimono fabric wholesaler in Yuki, Ibaraki: two tatami rooms of about 1883, one holding the family altar. Registered 2014.

A small sleeve storehouse of 1883 standing gable-end to the street beside the shop of a former kimono fabric wholesaler in Yuki, Ibaraki. Registered in 2014.

A tall two-story shop storehouse of about 1883 facing west onto the old merchant street of Yuki, Ibaraki, with a black plaster cornice at the eaves. Registered 2014.

The Suzuki Boseki Main House in northern Yuki, Ibaraki, is a registered Tangible Cultural Property of Japan, built in 1906 alongside its companion storefront warehouse. Two surviving ridge tags record its construction details, and the building forms part of one of the Kanto region's finest surviving Meiji-era merchant streetscapes.

The Suzuki Boseki Misegura in Yuki City, Ibaraki Prefecture, is a Meiji-era shop-storehouse built in 1906 and registered as a National Tangible Cultural Property. Its unusual asymmetric roof — hipped on the right and gabled on the left — reflects the prosperity of Yuki as a silk-trading town famed for Yuki-tsumugi. Still in active use as the head office of Suzuki Boseki Co., Ltd., it embodies the principle of living heritage preservation.

Built in 1810 on Kujiragaoka ridge in Hitachiota, this earthen-walled merchant shop still trades as a bookshop, its earth floor under a ceiling of Western arches.

At the rear of a merchant plot on Kujiragaoka ridge in Hitachiota, this storehouse of about 1908 has a burnished black plaster front and a torii-shaped door frame.

A single-story range of 1875 behind the family shop at Makabe, Sakuragawa City. Its alcove, writing bay and open veranda survive; read as the original guest rooms.

A two-story timber shop of 1875 at Makabe, Sakuragawa City. Its L-shaped earth floor, counter and eaves canopy survive; registered in 2002, viewable from the road.

Built in 1916 in the central shopping street of Daigo Town, Ibaraki, this Registered Tangible Cultural Property combines a two-story gabled shop section with a single-story hipped residential wing. Today it operates as daigo cafe, just a three-minute walk from Hitachi-Daigo Station.

Built in 1912 in the heart of Daigo Town, Ibaraki Prefecture, the Daigo Cafe Dozo is a two-story earthen storehouse registered as a National Tangible Cultural Property of Japan. Highlights include the striking contrast between its white and black plaster, and the namako-kabe lattice tiling along its gable skirts — both products of skilled traditional craftsmanship. Today the dozo serves as part of the beloved 'daigo cafe,' where visitors can enjoy dishes featuring Okukuji apples, wasabi, and shamo chicken. Combined with attractions such as Fukuroda Falls, it offers an unforgettable taste of the history and food culture of the Okukuji region.

A Meiji shop on a Makabe crossroads in Sakuragawa City, registered in 2002. Hipped roof, rendered walls, deep canopy, and a ground floor the city leases to traders.

Built at Oarai in 1917, the house joined a German-sided Western clinic wing to a Japanese living wing. Registered in 2005, privately owned, viewable from the street.

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