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12,892 total Important cultural property 47 prefectures
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Former Kannon Hall Shrine of Koanji Temple
Fukushima 鎌倉後期 Important cultural property
Former Kannon Hall Shrine of Koanji Temple

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.

Five-Ringed Tower
Fukushima 平安後期 Important cultural property
Five-Ringed Tower

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.

Shojoji Temple Yakushi Hall
Fukushima 室町前期 Important cultural property
Shojoji Temple Yakushi Hall

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.

Jofukuin Temple Yakushi Hall
Fukushima 室町中期 Important cultural property
Jofukuin Temple Yakushi Hall

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 Main Hall, Offering Hall and Worship Hall
Fukushima 江戸前期 Important cultural property
Soma Nakamura Shrine Main Hall, Offering Hall and Worship Hall

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.

Former Date County Office
Fukushima 明治 Important cultural property
Former Date County Office

An 1883 timber county office in Koori, Fukushima, an Important Cultural Property since 1977 and the largest surviving pseudo-Western county office building.

Tsutsukowake Shrine Main Hall
Fukushima 桃山 Important cultural property
Tsutsukowake Shrine Main Hall

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.

Doyama Oji Shrine Main Hall
Fukushima 室町後期 Important cultural property
Doyama Oji Shrine Main Hall

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.

Akabuchi Shrine Main Hall
Hyogo 室町中期 Important cultural property
Akabuchi Shrine Main Hall

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.

Amatsu Shrine Main Hall
Hyogo 室町後期 Important cultural property
Amatsu Shrine Main Hall

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.

Ikarugadera Temple Three-Storied Pagoda
Hyogo 室町後期 Important cultural property
Ikarugadera Temple Three-Storied Pagoda

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
Hyogo 大正 Important cultural property
Ijokaku

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.

Ichijoji Temple Goho-do Hall
Hyogo 鎌倉後期 Important cultural property
Ichijoji Temple Goho-do Hall

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.

Ichijoji Temple Stone Five-Ring Pagoda
Hyogo 鎌倉後期 Important cultural property
Ichijoji Temple Stone Five-Ring Pagoda

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.

Ichijoji Temple Benten-do Hall
Hyogo 室町中期 Important cultural property
Ichijoji Temple Benten-do Hall

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.

Ichijoji Temple Main Hall
Hyogo 江戸前期 Important cultural property
Ichijoji Temple Main Hall

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.

Inari Shrine Main Hall
Hyogo 室町後期 Important cultural property
Inari Shrine Main Hall

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.

Esaki Lighthouse
Hyogo 明治 Important cultural property
Esaki Lighthouse

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.

Engyoji Temple Okunoin
Hyogo 室町後期 Important cultural property
Engyoji Temple Okunoin

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.

Engyoji Temple Kongodo
Hyogo 室町後期 Important cultural property
Engyoji Temple Kongodo

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.