Important cultural property

The 1466 main hall of Asuke Hachiman Shrine near Korankei in Toyota, Aichi: a cypress-bark-roofed nagare-style hall preserving mid-Muromachi architecture.

Founded by the Matsudaira ancestors of the Tokugawa, Iga Hachimangu in Okazaki keeps a polychrome early-Edo shrine whose main hall Ieyasu built in 1611.

The 1869 house of the Uchida Sashichi family, leading Utsumi shipowners, in Minamichita, Aichi: a rare Pacific-side shipowner's home, open at weekends.

Owari's second shrine in Inuyama, Aichi, restored in 1661 by lord Tokugawa Mitsutomo, with a rare twin hip-and-gable main hall and ritual hall in the Owari layout.

The Oguri Residence in Handa, Aichi, a brewing dynasty's Meiji home, was named an Important Cultural Property in 2022 for its grand doma beamwork and tea rooms.

The early Edo worship hall of Owari Okunitama Shrine in Inazawa, Aichi: an open, round-pillared gabled hall that keeps to a restrained traditional style.

The tower gate of Owari Okunitama Shrine in Inazawa, Aichi: its lower storey is late Muromachi and its upper storey dates from 1646, under a cypress-bark roof.

The 1536 tahoto pagoda of Arako Kannon temple in Nagoya, the oldest building in the city, with a Zen-style upper storey over a Japanese-style lower storey.

Inside Kanpuku-ji's main hall in Tokai City stands a miniature wooden shrine, dated by inscription to the year 1248 and keeping clear Kamakura-period traits.

Discover the Former Ise Post Office (Uji-Yamada Post Office), a designated Important Cultural Property and the only surviving wooden post office from Japan's Meiji era. Now preserved at Museum Meiji-mura in Inuyama, Aichi, this 1909 half-timbered masterpiece features a striking V-shaped plan, conical dome, and a still-functioning postal service.

The Former Saionji Family Okitsu Villa 'Zagyoso,' preserved at the Museum Meiji-mura in Inuyama, Aichi Prefecture, was the seaside retreat of Prince Saionji Kinmochi, Japan's last elder statesman. Designated as an Important Cultural Property in 2017, the complex includes the main house, guard station, attendants' waiting area, and gate—showcasing exquisite sukiya-style craftsmanship and the political history of modern Japan.

On the old Chuma road in Asuke, Toyota City, the Suzuki family compound preserves sixteen buildings and their land, a great merchant household across Edo and Meiji.

A 1913 county public hall and products exhibition hall in Okazaki, Aichi: among the earliest surviving county public buildings, closed since 2010 for repairs.

Built in Yamanashi in 1885 and moved to Meiji Mura in Aichi in 1964, this giyofu county office mixes Western trusses with Japanese roof framing under one roof.

A mid-Edo mountain house in Toyone, Aichi, framed on unusually wide bays with a six-room plan borrowed from samurai housing. Three buildings designated in 1974.

The 1527 main hall of Kumaku Shrine on Mount Yatsuomote in Nishio, Aichi: a rare hip-and-gable shrine hall with a three-bay porch and cypress-bark roof.

Discover the Former Gofukuza Theater, an Important Cultural Property at Museum Meiji-Mura in Inuyama, Aichi. This Meiji-era kabuki playhouse features a revolving stage, naraku underpass, and traditional Edo-period theater architecture.

The tomb of Tokugawa Yoshinao, founder of the Owari domain, beside Jokoji in Seto, Aichi, built in 1651 and 1652 on a rare Confucian plan by Chen Yuanyun.

An 1808 five-storey pagoda at Koshoji temple in Nagoya, Aichi, restrained in the wayo style and keeping archaic features such as an earth-floored first storey.

The mid-Muromachi main hall of Kodenji in Kitanagoya, Aichi, a square hip-and-gable hall with a cypress-bark roof once called the most beautiful building in Owari.