Registered Tangible Cultural Properties of Iwate

The Sato Family Residence Harada Gate in Senmaya, Iwate, is a late Edo yakuimon of zelkova with cloud-carved kaerumata, said to come from a samurai retainer's house.

The Sato Family Residence Document Storehouse in Senmaya, Iwate, is a 1923 two-storey kura whose walls rise in three bands from a brick base, with shuttered windows.

The Sato Family Residence Miso Storehouse in Senmaya, Iwate, is a late Taisho two-storey kura about 13.6 metres long, split into a miso room and store room inside.

The Sato Family Residence Bathhouse and Lavatory in Senmaya, Iwate, is a small late Taisho sukiya-style building whose central gable is ringed by a skirt roof.

The Koiwai Station building in Takizawa, Iwate, a small timber station of 1921 built close to the standard state railways plan, served as the gateway to Koiwai Farm.

The former sales warehouse of the Sekinoichi Sake Brewery in Ichinoseki, Iwate, a long plastered store of 1919, has dark fired bricks framing its south gable.

The former rice store and mill of the Sekinoichi Sake Brewery in Ichinoseki, Iwate, a stone building of 1919, was designed by Obara Yusuke, a pupil of Tatsuno Kingo.

The former workshop and boiler room of the Sekinoichi Sake Brewery in Ichinoseki, Iwate, of 1919, keeps its old roof frame and the boiler-room water tank.

The former brewing storehouse of the Sekinoichi Sake Brewery in Ichinoseki, Iwate, a great plastered store of 1919, now houses the Sake Folk Culture Museum.

The former shop and office of the Sekinoichi Sake Brewery in Ichinoseki, Iwate, built in 1919, sets a plastered upper storey over a stone-faced shop front.

The former bottling store and koji room of the Sekinoichi Sake Brewery in Ichinoseki, Iwate, a brick store of 1919, has hollow double walls for its koji room.

The former pressing room and sales warehouse of the Sekinoichi Sake Brewery in Ichinoseki, Iwate, a stone building of 1919, has dark brick window frames.

An early Meiji two-story clay storehouse behind the Sendaiya house in Tono, with walls thickening toward the ground, stepped doors and white-and-black plaster.

An 1892 clay storehouse for unhulled rice at Sendaiya in Tono: 9.6 by 5.7 m, a two-level south room and a north half open to the roof, and a namako-kabe tiled base.

An 1897 warehouse closing the north end of the Sendaiya lot in Tono: 17 m long, a roof stepping down at the north end, rough clay okabe walls and three compartments.

An 1882 townhouse on Tono's Chuo-dori with a 9.5-ken front joining the original house and a former inn, and rooms in a single line from shop to living room.

A tiny late Taisho outhouse at Sendaiya in Tono: 4.1 m², the only tiled roof of the six registered buildings, with deep projecting eaves and white shinkabe walls.

An 1888 two-story clay storehouse facing the Sendaiya courtyard in Tono, with doors and a window on the south and black plaster on its eaves band, openings and base.

A 1929 timber church in Ichinoseki, Iwate, built with help from North American Presbyterian missionaries, with a corner spire and trefoil arches. Registered 2007.

Bandaikan in Ichinohe, Iwate, a timber cinema of 1956 on a business founded in 1909, is a fine example of the picture houses built before rapid growth.

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