Edo

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.

A late Edo merchant property on the Kujiragaoka ridge in Hitachiota, registered in 2021. A wide half-storey shop fronts the street, the main house joined behind it.

Discover Chōjiya Store and Residence in Ishioka, Ibaraki — a late-Edo indigo dye shop that survived the 1929 Great Fire and now welcomes visitors as the cultural lounge "Machikura Ai" on the historic Nakamachi shopping street.

Located in the Makabe district of Sakuragawa City, Ibaraki, the Tsuchiya Family Residence Storehouse is a small two-storey earthen warehouse from the late Edo period, said to have been built as a relief construction project after the Tenpo-era typhoon of 1833. Registered as a National Tangible Cultural Property in 2003, its just-29-square-metre footprint packs in superb craftsmanship — namako-kabe walls, heavy kannon-bira doors, and plastered eaves — and offers a perfect introduction to Makabe's preserved historic townscape.

The Terunuma Family Residence Main House is a late Edo thatched magariya in Tokai Village, Ibaraki, registered in 2007. Privately owned, it cannot be visited.

The Numajiri main house in Kaneda, Tsukuba, is a late-Edo thatched farmhouse (1751-1829). Its four-room plan and wide southern aisle mark a regional house type.

The Nemoto Clinic Gate in Makabe, Sakuragawa City, Ibaraki Prefecture, is a nationally registered tangible cultural property dating from the Bunsei era (1818–1830). Standing along historic Shimojuku Street in a town with over 100 registered cultural properties, this elegant korai-mon gate offers visitors a window into Edo-period architectural traditions and merchant culture. Discover its history, architectural significance, and the surrounding attractions of this remarkably preserved townscape.

The shop storehouse of the Buyu brewery in Yuki, Ibaraki. From the late Edo era, it is the town's oldest surviving misegura. A Registered Tangible Cultural Property.

The Fudo-do of Mikkoji Temple in Makabe, Sakuragawa City, Ibaraki Prefecture, is a small but exquisitely detailed late-Edo Buddhist hall registered as a National Tangible Cultural Property in 2004. Reconstructed in 1840, this three-bay-square hall combines a serene pyramidal hip roof with vibrant cage-carved and full-round sculptures around the front porch. Set within the nationally designated historic preservation district of Makabe, the hall offers international visitors a memorable encounter with rural Japanese craftsmanship.

The largest of the eight registered buildings at the Miyamoto compound in Hojo, Tsukuba: a late Edo dwelling of 141 square metres, linked to the shop by a corridor.

A late Edo soy sauce merchant's shop storehouse at Hojo in Tsukuba, plastered to the eaves, with shuttered upper windows. Registered in 2003; how to see it.

The Yaguchi Family Residence North Sleeve Storehouse is a late Edo clay store of 20 square metres, the oldest of nine registered buildings in this Makabe compound.

A late-Edo storehouse at Sakurai in Makabe, moved here around 1892, with an earthen canopy sheltering its door and heavy fire doors at the doorway and gable window.

Yatabe Family Residence Nagayamon Gate in Sakuragawa City, Ibaraki, is a late Edo gatehouse registered in 2000. Hipped roof, barred windows, an 8-mat room within.

Wada Family Residence Ennenro in Mito is the city's oldest tea house, built in 1835 with two tea rooms. Moved twice, it was registered in 2015. Not open to visitors.