Registered Tangible Cultural Properties of Kagawa

Discover Komesse Utazu, a 1936 rice warehouse turned community hub in Kagawa Prefecture. This Registered Tangible Cultural Property tells the story of Utazu's prosperous past as a vital port town on the Seto Inland Sea.

Discover Konpira Udon Sando-ten, a Registered Tangible Cultural Property in Kotohira, Kagawa. This Meiji-era former ryokan serves authentic Sanuki udon on the approach to Kotohira-gu Shrine, blending historic architecture with living culinary tradition.

The Kotohira-gū Treasure House, a Registered Tangible Cultural Property built in 1905 on the sacred approach to Konpira-san in Kagawa Prefecture, is one of Japan's earliest museum buildings. Designed by Kuru Masamichi—the architect behind the celebrated Japanese Pavilion at the 1893 Chicago World's Fair—this granite structure blends traditional Japanese roofing with Western stone masonry. Inside, visitors can admire sacred treasures including an Important Cultural Property Heian-period Kannon statue and vivid Edo-era festival screen paintings.

Discover the Sakai Soy Sauce Industry Soy Sauce Warehouse, a Meiji-period registered tangible cultural property in Shodoshima's Hishio no Sato district. Explore 160+ years of artisan soy sauce brewing heritage on Japan's famed soy sauce island.

Discover the Sakai Soy Sauce Industry Hydraulic Accumulator Shed, a Registered Tangible Cultural Property on Shodoshima Island, Kagawa. This early Showa-era structure preserves a rare hydraulic pressing device that reveals the technological modernization of Japan's traditional soy sauce brewing.

Built in 1908 at Umaki on Shodoshima, this registered farmhouse keeps old hongawara tiling on its south eaves and plastered eave soffits on the west side.

This 1908 storehouse at Umaki on Shodoshima sets its west wall on a stone wall some twenty metres long, with modelled plasterwork around the south gable window.

The 1908 barn at Umaki on Shodoshima meets the main house at its north gable and shelters two sides under pent canopies, closing the work yard on its third side.

Discover Sayabashi Bridge, a Registered Tangible Cultural Property spanning the Kanakura River in Kotohira, Kagawa. This roofed wooden arch bridge with no piers has served Kotohira-gu Shrine's sacred ceremonies since 1624.

Discover the Sanrureo Shrine Tamagaki, a registered tangible cultural property in Marugame, Kagawa Prefecture. This granite sacred fence surrounds the legendary Sanrureo King's ancient burial mound, blending Shinto worship with Japan's mythological heritage.

Discover the Sarureo Shrine Torii, an Edo-period stone torii gate registered as a tangible cultural property in Marugame, Kagawa. Built in 1830, this Myōjin-style torii preserves the historic landscape of a shrine linked to Sanuki's legendary sea monster slayer.

Discover the Sarureo Shrine Heiden, a registered Tangible Cultural Property in Marugame, Kagawa. This elegant Meiji-era offering hall guards an ancient kofun tomb linked to the legendary sea monster slayer of Sanuki Province.

Discover Sansho Shrine's Hei-Haiden on Honjima Island in Kagawa Prefecture, a Registered Tangible Cultural Property showcasing the extraordinary craftsmanship of the Shiwaku carpenters with its ornate carvings, karahafu gable, and irimoya-style roof.

Discover the Sansho Shrine Main Hall, a Registered Tangible Cultural Property on Honjima Island in the Seto Inland Sea. Built in 1830, this Edo-period shrine showcases the extraordinary craftsmanship of the legendary Shiwaku carpenters.

Just south of the main building and facing west, this gabled tile-roofed hall began as Passenger Shelter No.3 for group travellers, later walled in as a display space.

At the south end of the platform shelters, this covered steel overpass links the depot with both island platforms on a through Pratt truss. Erected in 1927.

Built in 1922 as the gateway for pilgrims to Konpira Shrine, this wooden station keeps a gabled porch, half-round windows and circular maru-kin emblems on its eaves.

Facing the main building across the tracks, this 127-metre timber canopy shelters the island platform, its pinching-beam trusses once the largest such shelter in Kagawa.

Running parallel to the main building, this 108-metre canopy leans its south half onto the depot roof and uses king-post trusses, paired with Shelter No.1.

Beside the west-side depot, this platform shelter carries its roof on tapered box posts and braces fanning four ways, its span widened to read as one with the station.

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