Registered Tangible Cultural Properties of Kagawa

A 1923 timber shop-house in Marugame's Hamamachi arcade. Its upper wall combines black lime plaster with black glazed tile, a finish seen in only two Kagawa towns.

A late-Edo four-legged gate at Wada in Kanonji, said to have been raised for a Marugame lord's visit. Six registered buildings here have gone; only the gate stands.

An 1901 single-span stone arch moved from a Konpira pilgrimage road to the Shikoku Mura open-air museum in Takamatsu, its keystone carved with a lion and a carp.

Shimizu Kannon-dō is a modest Buddhist hall standing beside a legendary spring in the Karato district of Teshima island, Kagawa Prefecture. Together with the adjacent communal water facility and Shimizu Shrine, it forms a unique cultural landscape where water and faith are inseparably intertwined, registered as a national Tangible Cultural Property in 2001.

The Shimizu Shrine Hall, built in 1913 on Teshima Island in Kagawa Prefecture, is a nationally Registered Tangible Cultural Property. Standing guard over the legendary Karato-no-Shimizu spring — said to have been discovered by the monk Kūkai — the shrine forms part of a sacred landscape where centuries of island history, spiritual devotion, and the natural beauty of the Seto Inland Sea converge.

Discover the Shimotakase Simple Post Office, a 1935 Western-style building originally built as the Maruoka Kimono Shop in Mitoyo City, Kagawa. This Registered Tangible Cultural Property features a stunning central atrium with skylights, inspired by Kyoto's modern architecture. Still in use as a working post office, it offers a unique glimpse into early Showa commercial architecture in rural Shikoku.

Discover Shorenji Kyozo, a unique hexagonal sutra repository built in 1879 and registered as a Tangible Cultural Property. Located in Sakaide, Kagawa, this Meiji-era earthen storehouse features elaborate animal carvings and a distinctive six-sided design at the foot of Goshikidai plateau.

Discover Shorenji Sanmon, a Registered Tangible Cultural Property in Sakaide, Kagawa Prefecture. This mid-Edo period yakuimon gate showcases powerful timber construction and refined Shin Buddhist architectural traditions at the foot of Goshikidai plateau.

Explore the Shorenji Bell Tower (正蓮寺鐘楼), a Registered Tangible Cultural Property in Sakaide City, Kagawa Prefecture. This elegant Meiji-era Zen-style bell tower features exquisite bracket work and stands at the foot of the scenic Goshikidai plateau.

Discover Shorenji Main Hall, a Registered Tangible Cultural Property in Sakaide, Kagawa. Built in 1825, this Jodo Shinshu temple features exquisite dragon carvings, wave-and-carp motifs, and a fascinating connection to exiled Emperor Sutoku. Explore five registered buildings, nearby National Treasure Kandani Shrine, and the scenic Goshikidai Plateau.

Discover the Segawa Sake Shop Main Building (Segawa Saketen Shuoku), a 1917 Registered Tangible Cultural Property in Zentsuji, Kagawa. This nuriya-zukuri sake shop features mushiko windows and a grand irimoya roof, embodying the historic connection between sake culture and the Imperial Army 11th Division.

Discover the Segawa Sake Shop East Storehouse, a registered tangible cultural property in Zentsuji, Kagawa Prefecture. Built in 1917, this Taisho-era wooden brewery features distinctive namako-kabe walls and carries the legacy of the historic Shidan Ichi sake brand linked to the Imperial Army's 11th Division.

The Shakado at Zentsuji Temple in Kagawa Prefecture is a Registered Tangible Cultural Property built during the Enpo era (1673–1681). Originally the Miedo Hall of the Western Precinct, it was relocated in 1831 and rededicated to Shakyamuni Buddha. Its residential-style Buddhist architecture and serene seated Buddha statue add quiet depth to this historic complex — the birthplace of Kobo Daishi and one of Shingon Buddhism's most sacred sites.

The bell tower at Zentsuji Temple in Kagawa Prefecture is a stately late Edo-period wooden structure with a distinctive hakama-goshi (skirt-waist) base, registered as a national Tangible Cultural Property in 2009. Standing in the eastern precinct of the temple — the birthplace of Kobo Daishi (Kukai) and the 75th stop on the Shikoku 88 Temple Pilgrimage — it retains traces of its former function as a bell tower gate and enriches the historic temple landscape.

Zentsuji Tenjinsha in Kagawa is a 2.4-square-metre shrine of 1914 northeast of the Kondo, registered in 2009. Its bracket and formal tiling repay close study.

Zentsuji Nakamon is a late Edo tower gate in Kagawa with fanned rafters and cloud dragons carved into its tie beams, registered in 2009 and freely passable.

Zentsuji Nandaimon in Kagawa is a 7.6-metre gate rebuilt around 1908, carrying a dragon, a phoenix and four guardian kings on its roof. Registered in 2009.

Zentsuji Ryuosha in Kagawa is an 1808 shrine on a pond islet honouring a rain-bringing dragon king, with clouds and wave crests carved in its bracket infill.

A late Edo farmhouse in Yasuda on Shodoshima, built in the eastern Shikoku shihobuta form with a gabled core ringed by pent roofs on all four sides. Registered 2004.

A mid-Meiji brewing hall in Yasuda, Shodoshima. Its ridge runs 22 metres, and combined wagoya and noboribari framing lifts the ceiling above the cedar vats.

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