Registered Tangible Cultural Properties of Iwate

Residence No. 2 of the army remount depot at Rokuhara in Kanegasaki, Iwate, built in 1911, is a plainer officers' house with Japanese rooms on the south.

The first main building of the latitude observatory at Mizusawa, Iwate, built in 1900 as one of six world stations for latitude work, is now a memorial hall.

The zenith telescope room of the Mizusawa latitude observatory in Iwate, built in 1899 in steel, has a roof that slides on rails to open over its stone pier.

The target pier and shelter of the Mizusawa latitude observatory in Iwate, built in 1900 to calibrate its zenith telescope, pair a brick pier with a timber shelter.

Joined earthen storehouses of 1918 and 1931 at a Ninohe merchant house, Iwate, with white plaster, namako tiling and black doors edged in white. Registered 2009.

An early Showa timber grain store at a Ninohe merchant house, Iwate, in white plaster with iron doors, board-lined inside under a trussed roof. Registered 2009.

The late Taisho home of a Ninohe timber merchant in Iwate, its posts sealed in thick plaster walls and its shutters clad in copper against fire. Registered 2009.

An early Showa warehouse at a Ninohe merchant house, Iwate, faced in washed artificial stone with three iron doors upstairs, beside the old shop. Registered 2009.

A late Taisho timber shop in Ninohe, Iwate, built for a forestry and timber merchant, with plastered eaves and 15- and 20-mat rooms upstairs. Registered in 2009.

Brick fire walls 45 metres long at a Ninohe merchant house in Iwate, rising to 3.7 metres near the street to stop fire spreading from neighbours. Registered 2009.

Late Taisho granite gateposts and an Edo-kiri stone wall giving a formal front to a merchant house in Ninohe, Iwate, easily seen from the street. Registered in 2009.

A late Taisho corridor linking shop and home at a Ninohe merchant house in Iwate, with a tiled dado, many windows and copper-clad fire shutters. Registered 2009.

The Count Goto Memorial Community Hall in Oshu, Iwate, built in 1941 to honour Goto Shinpei, is held to be Japan's first community hall, with a half-timbered gable.

The Sato Family Residence Former Garage in Senmaya, Iwate, is a late Taisho single-storey garage with a Western-style front of pilasters and an arched gable.

The Sato Family Residence Small Storehouse in Senmaya, Iwate, is a small 1902 kura with namako-kabe on its street side and pebbly render facing the garden.

The Sato Family Residence Main House in Senmaya, Iwate, is a two-storey house of 1901 with a hipped-roof porch, a zelkova door and a granite step, open to visitors.

The Sato Family Residence New Storehouse in Senmaya, Iwate, is a 1922 two-storey kura with a brick base, namako-pattern eaves and a door canopy on carved brackets.

The Sato Family Residence Main Gate and Stone Wall in Senmaya, Iwate, is a late Taisho granite gate and a 45-metre wall of dressed granite and bush-hammered tuff.

The Sato Family Residence Western-Style Building in Senmaya, Iwate, is a 1924 timber villa joined to the Main House, with slate namako-kabe walls and a pediment.

The Sato Family Residence Garden Gate and Stone Wall in Senmaya, Iwate, is a late Taisho arched side gate of smooth granite and tuff, set beside a white storehouse.

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