Edo

Discover the Tamonin Izawa Family Residence, a thatched-roof Important Cultural Property in Kitakami, Iwate. This rare Edo-period dwelling of Shugendo mountain ascetics features a unique dojo hall with exquisite plaster carvings and rainbow beams.

Discover the Hakusan Shrine Noh Stage, an Important Cultural Property within the UNESCO World Heritage Site of Chusonji Temple in Hiraizumi, Iwate. Built in 1853, this thatched-roof outdoor Noh theater is the only fully equipped early-modern Noh stage surviving in eastern Japan, still hosting live performances during the Fujiwara Festivals.

Discover Hidaka Shrine Main Hall, a nationally designated Important Cultural Property built in 1632 in Oshu City, Iwate Prefecture. Explore over 1,200 years of history, from the ancient Hitakami Province to samurai legends and the spectacular Hidaka Fire Prevention Festival.

Discover the Kamiwano Batō Kannon Former Hall, a nationally registered tangible cultural property in Shizukuishi, Iwate. This Edo-era wooden hall preserves centuries of horse deity worship in one of Japan's most celebrated horse-breeding regions.

At Tono Furusato Village, the Former Kikuchi Kiemon Residence is a straight-plan sugoya, not an L-shaped magariya, its late-Edo thatched roof echoing Nanbu farm life.

At Tono Furusato Village, the Former Kikuchi Sai Residence is an Edo-period magariya with chestnut posts and exposed-post plaster walls, a rare open lesson in carpentry.