Important cultural property

The stone five-storied pagoda at Furogu in Okawa, Fukuoka, dated 1355 in a Southern Court era name, was designated in 1910 and is an Important Cultural Property.

The Furo Shrine Main Hall at Furogu in Okawa, Fukuoka, a nagare-style sanctuary of 1560 in cypress bark, is said to be the sole survivor of a battle in 1600.

The Minamimaru Tamon Turret of Fukuoka Castle, built by Kuroda Nagamasa, joins a two-storey corner turret to a long turret of 30 ken and was rebuilt in 1854.

The guest house of the former Fukuoka Prefectural Public Hall, a Western-style timber building of 1910 finished to look like stone, is a rare Meiji public building.

The main hall of Fumonin in Asakura, Fukuoka, a late Kamakura hall three bays square under a tiled pyramidal roof with a three-bay porch, was designated in 1913.

The Minamikawachi Bridge of 1926 crosses the Kawachi Reservoir in Kitakyushu, a steel bridge by the Yawata Steel Works with lens-shaped trusses unique in Japan.

The worship hall of Munakata Taisha's Hetsumiya in Fukuoka, rebuilt in 1590 by Kobayakawa Takakage, is a plain gabled hall entered at its gable end, little carved.

The main hall of Munakata Taisha's Hetsumiya in Fukuoka, rebuilt in 1578 by the chief priest Munakata Ujisada, is a five-bay nagare-style hall with nine ridge tags.

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.

A late Kamakura thatched hall in Aizubange, Fukushima, an Important Cultural Property, housing a giant wooden Thousand-Armed Kannon and its attendants.

A small late Muromachi hall with a thatched roof in Nishiaizu, Fukushima, an Important Cultural Property since 1966, worshipped locally as a protector of children.

The Jizo hall of Enmeiji near Aizuwakamatsu, Fukushima, a mid-Muromachi Zen-style hall with a pent roof, looks two-storeyed and is called the Fujikura Nikaido.

Okunoin Bentendo in Yanaizu, Fukushima, a late Muromachi thatched hall in the Zen style with bell-shaped windows and a painted interior, enshrines Benzaiten.

The Kannon hall at Shimogo in southern Aizu, Fukushima, a simple hall of about 1388 rare for its age in Aizu, is a stop on the Aizu Kannon pilgrimage.

Built around 1904 on a silkworm-egg fortune, this Date landmark joins a Western exterior and a semi-octagonal tower with Japanese parlors finished in rare hardwoods.

The Former Shōsō-ji Sansōdō, or Aizu Sazaedo, is a hexagonal wooden hall of about 1796 whose twin spiral ramps let visitors climb and descend without ever meeting.

Kumano Jinja Nagatoko in Kitakata, Fukushima, is an early-Kamakura worship hall of 44 open pillars and no walls. Walk among the columns beside its golden ginkgo.