Registered Tangible Cultural Properties of Kagawa

Discover the Shigeta Family Residence in Manno Town, Kagawa—a collection of six nationally registered cultural properties showcasing upper-class Meiji-era farming architecture. Explore the historic nagaya gate, main house, and connecting corridor along the ancient Hashikura pilgrimage road.

Discover the Awaya Okada Residence Gate Longhouse and Storage Building, a nationally registered tangible cultural property in Sakate, Shodoshima. This Edo-period merchant estate offers a glimpse into the maritime trade heritage of the Seto Inland Sea.

Discover the Isono Family Residence in Zentsuji, Kagawa — a Registered Tangible Cultural Property built in 1930 that beautifully combines traditional Japanese residential design with a charming Western-style wing. Explore this architectural gem near the birthplace of Kobo Daishi.

Discover Okawa Sake Shop, a magnificent Meiji-era sake merchant's house in Zentsuji, Kagawa. This Registered Tangible Cultural Property features striking black plaster walls, ornamental kote-e reliefs, and a gently curved tile roof that evokes the prosperity of early 20th-century rural Japan.

Discover the Omori Soy Sauce Brewery Koji Storehouse, a Registered Tangible Cultural Property from the Taisho era on Shodoshima Island, Kagawa Prefecture. Explore its unique double-wall construction designed for koji fermentation and the island's 400-year soy sauce brewing tradition.

Explore the Omori Soy Sauce Brewery Fermenting Storehouse (Shikomi-gura), a Registered Tangible Cultural Property from the Meiji era on Shodoshima Island, Kagawa. Founded in 1844, this is the oldest soy sauce brewery on the island with over 180 years of brewing tradition.

Explore the Omori Soy Sauce Brewery Press Room and Operation Room, a Registered Tangible Cultural Property from the Taisho era on Shodoshima Island, Kagawa. Discover the 180-year history of Yamatoichi soy sauce and the island's brewing heritage.

Ogijima Lighthouse, located at the northern tip of Ogijima Island in the Seto Inland Sea, Kagawa Prefecture, is a rare unpainted granite lighthouse built in 1895. Designated as a national Important Cultural Property in 2026, it is one of only three unpainted lighthouses in Japan. Discover this stunning Aji granite beacon, the adjacent museum, seasonal daffodil fields, and the art-filled island culture of Ogijima.

A curving Aji-granite wall, 78 meters long, holds the seaward edge of the 1895 Ogijima Lighthouse. Its sloped tanizumi masonry has withstood a century of Seto storms.

Built in 1919, the Ogijima Lighthouse gate and wall join concrete posts to andesite and brick some 82 meters long, capped in Aji granite. A plain, weighty entrance.

Completed in 1895 beside the tower, this brick warehouse of 36 square meters held a rest room and a store under a king-post truss, its mortar walls scored like stone.

Built in 1895, this 85-square-meter brick residence housed the Ogijima keepers, its door topped by a segmental fanlight. Since 1994 it has been the lighthouse museum.

Discover the Osaka-ke Residence Nagayamon, a registered tangible cultural property in Ayagawa, Kagawa Prefecture. This imposing Meiji-era gatehouse with hip-and-gable roof preserves the heritage of rural Shikoku.

Discover the former main gate of Zentsuji Daiichi High School in Kagawa Prefecture, a registered tangible cultural property built in 1922 to commemorate the Imperial Army Special Grand Maneuvers. This brick gate with granite details stands as a remarkable testament to Taisho-era craftsmanship and local history.

Discover the Kamada Kyosaikai Local History Museum, a nationally registered tangible cultural property in Sakaide, Kagawa. Built in 1922 as one of Japan's earliest reinforced concrete libraries, this Taisho-era gem houses 60,000 historical artifacts including Important Cultural Properties related to the scientist Kume Michika.

The Red Gate at Kamebishi in Hikita, Kagawa is a hipped-and-gabled gate abutting the No. 13 store; painted red ochre, it was remade from an 1843 row gate.

Kamebishi's pressing house in Hikita, Kagawa was once a merchant home; this early-Meiji building now presses fermented moromi into raw soy sauce.

The No. 1 warehouse at Kamebishi in Hikita, Kagawa is a late-Meiji store that once held soybeans; its namako-kabe base and red-ochre walls shape the street.

The former No. 4 and No. 6 warehouses at Kamebishi in Hikita, Kagawa are an early-Meiji pair meeting at a right angle, likely once a wholesaler's buildings.

Kamebishi's warehouse in Hikita, Kagawa is a two-story earthen store on granite footings, its west gable bearing the founding Okada family's oak-leaf crest.

Kagawa’s registered properties across designations, with featured heritage and travel notes.

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