Important cultural property

A 3.35-meter granite pagoda on a Dazaifu hill, raised in the 13th century on the site of the lost Hannya-ji temple, its four faces carved with Sanskrit syllables.

A 47.6 m concrete tower built in 1943 in Shime, Fukuoka, to haul navy coal. Japan's only surviving tower-winding headframe and an Important Cultural Property.

Hakata's Sumiyoshi Shrine main hall, rebuilt in 1623, keeps the ancient Sumiyoshi-zukuri form: a straight roof, no bracket sets, and red-and-white walls.

An 1842 thatched farmhouse on the pilgrimage road to Mount Hiko in Soeda, Fukuoka. A dated inscription fixed its age; split bamboo clads its rain-struck east wall.

Built in 1541 by the Harada clan and designated an Important Cultural Property in 2023, Takasu Shrine's main hall in Itoshima is Fukuoka's oldest surviving shrine hall.

Built in 1591 over Sugawara no Michizane's grave, this Momoyama-era Important Cultural Property in Fukuoka is being restored through 2026. Worship continues at Sou Fujimoto's living-roof kariden.

Built in 1458, Shiga Shrine is Dazaifu Tenmangu's oldest building, a one-bay hall for the sea gods by the drum bridge, an Important Cultural Property since 1907.

Housed in the Kyushu National Museum in Dazaifu, Fukuoka, the Tahō Senbutsu Sekitō is a 5.5-meter-tall, 3.5-ton octagonal stone Buddhist banner-pillar carved in northern China in 1084 CE under the Khitan-ruled Liao dynasty. Densely covered with buddhas, bodhisattvas, celestial musicians, kalavinka birds and Sanskrit dharani inscriptions, it is a benchmark masterpiece of Liao-period Buddhist sculpture and Japan's only stone banner-pillar of Chinese origin designated as an Important Cultural Property.

Discover the Fūrō Shrine Five-Story Stone Pagoda (Shōhei-tō), a nationally designated Important Cultural Property dating from 1355. This exquisite Muromachi-period stone pagoda in Ōkawa City, Fukuoka features intricate carvings of Buddhist deities, dragon heads, and demon faces.

Discover Furo Shrine Main Hall (Furo Jinja Honden), an Important Cultural Property in Okawa City, Fukuoka. Built in 1560 by warlord Kamachi Akimori, this cypress-bark-roofed shrine honors the sea deity Watatsumi and the legendary Empress Jingu.

The Fukuoka Castle Minami-maru Tamon Yagura is the only turret of Fukuoka Castle still standing in its original Edo-period position. Comprising a two-story corner turret and a 54-meter flat turret with 16 individual rooms, this nationally designated Important Cultural Property offers a rare window into the defensive architecture of one of Japan's largest castles. Located in Maizuru Park in central Fukuoka, visitors can enjoy cherry blossom illuminations in spring and special interior openings in autumn.

Discover the Former Fukuoka Prefecture Public Hall VIP Pavilion (Kihinkan), an Important Cultural Property in Fukuoka City. Built in 1910 in French Renaissance style, this elegant wooden Western-style building features marble fireplaces, ornate ceilings, and a charming café in Tenjin Central Park.

Discover Fumon-in Main Hall, an Important Cultural Property in Asakura, Fukuoka. Founded by the monk Gyoki in 747 and rebuilt in the late Kamakura period, it is the oldest surviving wooden building in Fukuoka Prefecture.

Discover Minami Kawachi Bridge, a 1926 steel lenticular truss bridge spanning Kawachi Reservoir in Kitakyushu. Designated as an Important Cultural Property, it is the only surviving bridge of its kind in Japan.

Probably the oldest farmhouse in Kyushu, this mid-Edo thatched magariya at Shingu is called Sennen-ya after a Saicho legend. Interior closed; exterior viewable.

A Heian Eleven-Headed Kannon at Hase-dera in Kurate, Fukuoka. Carved from one camphor block, about 187 cm tall, with a stern long face and a rare painted halo.

Ink writing on a post dates this Tadami farmhouse to 1718, the oldest in Fukushima. Designated in 1972, it was moved in 1973 and restored to its original form.

This 1729 Aizubange farmhouse has no ceilings, an earthen living floor laid with straw, and posts set on bare stones. Designated in 1971; by Tachiki Kannon.

Discover Eryū-ji Kannon-dō, an Important Cultural Property in Aizubange, Fukushima. This Kamakura-period thatched-roof hall houses an extraordinary 8.5-meter Senju Kannon carved from a single standing tree, flanked by a complete set of 28 guardian deities.

Discover Enmanji Kannon-do, a nationally designated Important Cultural Property in Nishiaizu, Fukushima. This intimate thatched-roof Zen-style hall from the late Muromachi period preserves centuries of devotion to the Child-Guardian Kannon.