Important cultural property
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A late-Kamakura shrine at Koan-ji in Fukushima once held a bronze Kannon triad. Restored in the 1970s, it now holds Benzaiten, among Aizu's oldest buildings.
An andesite memorial bearing a dated 1181 inscription, built for Minamoto no Motomitsu, second lord of the Mutsu Ishikawa clan, and counted among Japan's earliest dated stone gorintō.
The Yakushi Hall of Shojoji in Yukawa, Fukushima, a five-bay hipped hall of the early Muromachi period, was the lecture hall of a temple said to date from 807.
The Yakushi Hall of Jofukuin in Aizumisato, Fukushima, a small Zen-style hall of the mid-Muromachi period called Tago Yakushi, had its roof restored in 1956.
Soma Nakamura Shrine in Soma, Fukushima, one of the three Myoken shrines of the Soma Nomaoi festival, keeps a gongen-style main, offering and worship hall of 1643.
An 1883 timber county office in Koori, Fukushima, an Important Cultural Property since 1977 and the largest surviving pseudo-Western county office building.
The main hall of Tsutsukowake Shrine in Tanagura, Fukushima, built around 1594 by Satake Yoshinobu and moved in 1625, is a plain three-bay hall with medieval traits.
The main hall of Doyama Oji Shrine in Tamura, Fukushima, of about 1498, is a single-storey hall of five bays by four with a hipped copper roof shaped like thatch.
The main hall of Akabuchi Shrine at Wadayama, Asago, Hyogo, an early Muromachi three-bay nagare-style shrine, keeps much of its original carved woodwork.
The main hall of Amatsu Shrine at Yokawa, Miki, Hyogo, is a hall of 1492 with a cypress-bark hip-and-gable roof, entered from the gable end with a porch.
The three-storied pagoda of Ikarugadera in Taishi, Hyogo, a three-bay pagoda of 1565 with tiled roofs, was designated in 1928 and is an Important Cultural Property.
Ijokaku in Maiko, Kobe, an octagonal pavilion of 1915 built by the merchant Wu Jintang and visited by Sun Yat-sen, is an early concrete-block building.
The Ichijoji Temple Goho-do Hall in Kasai, Hyogo, an Important Cultural Property since 1913, is a small late Kamakura shrine to Bishamonten on the hill.
The Ichijoji Temple Stone Five-Ring Pagoda in Kasai, Hyogo, an Important Cultural Property since 1953, is a late Kamakura stone stupa bearing a carved date of 1321.
The Ichijoji Temple Benten-do Hall in Kasai, Hyogo, an Important Cultural Property since 1913, is a mid-Muromachi shrine of unusual form with fine carving.
The Ichijoji Temple Main Hall in Kasai, Hyogo, an Important Cultural Property since 1983, is a stilted nine-bay hall of 1628 with a widened worship space.
The main hall of Inari Shrine at Yokawa, Miki, Hyogo, a small kasuga-style shrine of 1546 built by Todaiji carpenters, is well kept inside a cover building.
The Esaki Lighthouse of 1871 at the north tip of Awaji, guarding the Akashi Strait, is one of Japan's first Western lighthouses, built under Richard Henry Brunton.
The mortuary precinct of the founder Shoku in the western valley of Mount Shosha. Four buildings, two designated in 1955 and two added to the listing in 2014.
A small square chapel south of the Mitsunodo, built in 1544 for the sub-temple Fugen-in and designated in 1913. Its brackets and struts preserve late Muromachi work.