Registered Tangible Cultural Properties of Kagawa

The No. 14 warehouse at Kamebishi in Hikita, Kagawa is a late-Edo soy store recorded as raised around 1801, among the oldest of the 18 registered buildings.

The No. 7 warehouse at Kamebishi in Hikita, Kagawa is a large late-Meiji moromi store holding sixteen round and three square wooden vats on the western plot.

The No. 8 warehouse at Kamebishi in Hikita, Kagawa is a long late-Taisho moromi store on granite footings, holding twenty square vats on the western plot.

Discover the Karato-oka no Shimizu Communal Water Station, a 1929 granite spring-water facility on Teshima Island, Kagawa Prefecture. This registered tangible cultural property connects the legend of Kobo Daishi with Seto Inland Sea island life and art.

Kakumeikan, the former Bottling Storehouse at Kawatsuru in Kan-onji, Kagawa, is a single-storey wooden building of the Taisho era, now used as a concert hall.

The Kawatsuru Museum at Kawatsuru brewery in Kan-onji, Kagawa, is a small Taisho-era earthen storehouse, relocated around 1955 and now showing the brewery's old tools.

The Koji Storehouse at Kawatsuru Sake Brewery in Kan-onji, Kagawa, is a two-storey earthen building of 1914 whose upstairs koji room is still used to make koji today.

The West Brewery at Kawatsuru in Kan-onji, Kagawa, is a large two-storey earthen storehouse of 1918, its long, window-lined west wall a landmark seen from the town.

The Filtration Storehouse at Kawatsuru in Kan-onji, Kagawa, is a two-storey earthen building of 1914 whose matched eaves complete the brewery's north frontage.

A 1914 single-room wooden hall in Kan-onji, Kagawa, lit from a raised monitor roof and framed with an exposed Western truss, with curved braces cut as an accent.

Built in 1914 as a county agricultural experiment station in Kan-onji, Kagawa, this symmetrical wooden Western-style building now houses a cafe open to all.

A row of six rental shops in central Noma, Shodoshima, built in 1932 by the Ishii soy-brewing family, its tiled range facing the road apart from the estate.

The 1912 main house of the Ishii soy estate in Noma, Shodoshima: an irimoya range with an earthen floor, raised rooms and black plaster walls of quiet dignity.

The oldest building on the Ishii estate in Noma, Shodoshima, this 1885 soy shed holds a moromi cellar, a storehouse and a stone well: the brewery's working heart.

A small 1915 earthen storehouse on the Ishii estate in Noma, Shodoshima: charred cedar, namako plaster and white eaves on a stone base, registered as hard to copy.

The 1915 gatehouse of the Ishii estate in Noma, Shodoshima runs 17 metres by the main house, skirt roofs giving a half-loft look, called the core of the estate.

A small 1941 barn on the Ishii estate in Noma, Shodoshima, on a lane below the storehouse: a plain earthen-walled shed anchoring a corner of the brewing yard.

An early-Showa annex on the Ishii estate in Noma, Shodoshima, on a stone wall below a garden: storage below, a room above, walls of charred cedar and white plaster.

Discover the Former Goten Water Source Office in Takamatsu, a beautifully preserved Taisho-period Western-style building registered as a national Tangible Cultural Property. Free admission, photogenic architecture, and a fascinating window into Japan's modernization history.

Discover Kotohira Town Public Hall, a stunning 1934 wooden Japanese public hall registered as a national tangible cultural property. Located near the famous Kotohira-gu Shrine in Kagawa Prefecture, this irimoya-style building features a grand 300-seat hall, coffered ceilings, and a beautiful cherry blossom garden with a haiku monument by Yosa Buson.