Meiji
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This zelkova gateway of the early Meiji era stands on Kamijuku-dori in Makabe and was registered nationally in 2000 as a model of gate design in a town of gates.
Built in 1904 by the prefectural engineer Komagine Kinji, this pink porch with its copper dome was Ibaraki's first entry on the national register, numbered 08-0001.
Okakura Tenshin drew this house at Izura himself and finished it in 1905: a single-storey timber home of reused beams, facing the Pacific, listed in 2003.
Built in 1905 at Izura, this nagayamon gate still holds the ticket desk. A cedar bark roof, 16.4 meters of boarded wall, and a repair campaign begun in 2025.
The miso storehouse of the Iwase residence in Tsuchiura, Ibaraki, a former headman's estate, is a two-storey timber store with deep lean-to eaves and white plaster.
The Ushioda sodegura is a tall storehouse adjoining the shop, gable to the street. Built in 1912, a door opens to the shop counter, forming one unified merchant frontage.
The Ushioda villa is a wooden hanare linked to the shop by a corridor. Built in early Meiji, it is a refined sukiya reception room with alcove, shelves and a shoin bay.
The black-plastered shop storehouse of the Ushioda kimono merchants stands on a Makabe corner. Built in 1910, it was the old town's first registered cultural property.
The Ushioda wakigura stands set back north of the shop and wing. Dated to 1897 or earlier, it is the oldest of the four and served the private life of the merchant house.
Completed in 1900 and registered in 2015, this brick sluice in Shimotsuma pairs two 3.6-metre twin gates with a curving retaining wall, free to visit in a park.
Okujun Ichi-no-kura in Yuki, Ibaraki, is a Meiji-era timber townhouse registered in 2006. Its plastered walls and restored open shopfront anchor the Omachi street.
Okujun Dozo in Yuki, Ibaraki, is an 1904 earthen storehouse registered in 2005. Its thick plastered walls hold the steady humidity that Yuki-tsumugi silk needs.
Okujun Hanare in Yuki, Ibaraki, is an 1886 annexe registered in 2005. Its formal eight-mat room facing an inner garden still hosts talks between silk wholesalers.
Okujun Misegura in Yuki, Ibaraki, is an earthen-walled shop of 1886 whose ridge tag records the exact day its frame was raised. It was registered in 2005.
Ogura Shoten Store and Main House stands among the earthen-walled shops of Yuki City, a timber townhouse of the early Meiji era showing its posts and beams outside.
Ozawa Family Residence Front Gate in Miho Village, Ibaraki, is a mid-Meiji yakuimon gate 2.7 meters wide with wing walls, registered in 2009 and closed to visitors.
Ozawa Family Residence Rice Storehouse in Miho Village, Ibaraki, is a plastered granary of 1871, 6.8 by 3.9 meters, registered in 2009 and closed to visitors.
Ozawa Family Residence Main House in Miho Village, Ibaraki, is a mid-Meiji thatched farmhouse of 168 square meters, registered in 2009 and closed to visitors.
A late Meiji brick warehouse on the prefectural road in Koga City, 15 ken long and laid in English bond, built for the Iijima silk business and registered in 2004.
Located in the historic merchant district of Yuki City, Ibaraki Prefecture, the Kinuya Pharmacy Store is a small but elegantly crafted two-story wooden misegura (storehouse-shop) from the mid-Meiji period. With its plastered side walls, gabled tile roof, and traditional shop front, it forms part of a remarkable cluster of registered cultural properties along the old textile-trading street, recognized in 2006 for its contribution to Japan's historic landscape.