Registered Tangible Cultural Properties of Kagawa

Built in 1877 at the Shigeta residence in Mannō, Kagawa, a diagonal stone wall carries a roofed earthen wall, with a watercourse circling its base like a moated dwelling.

Built in 1877 at the Shigeta residence in Mannō, Kagawa, this narrow covered corridor links house to gatehouse and splits the south yard into a work area and a garden.

Built in 1877 at Yamawaki in Mannō, Kagawa, this gatehouse of the Shigeta farming family holds an eight-mat room and a two-tone wall of tiled base and black plaster.

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.

The Shimizu Kannondo on Teshima in Kagawa is a small early Showa hall above the Karato spring, forming with the shared water place a space that ties water to faith.

The Shimizu Shrine Hall on Teshima in Kagawa, built in 1913 beside the Karato spring, is a small cedar-boarded hall with a hip-and-gable front and stone altar.

Former kimono shop of 1935 in Mitoyo, Kagawa, said to copy modern Kyoto architecture, with a skylit double-height gallery; now a small rural postal agency.

A 15-meter square brick chimney of 1908 in English bond at the Umagoe brewery, with two cornice tiers framing the trade mark, rising above low storehouse roofs.

A late Edo moromi storehouse from the founding years of the Umagoe brewery, with a waist-high cut-stone base, board-clad walls, a stepped ridge and wooden vats.

Built in 1888 when the Umagoe brewery became a company, this 400-square-meter hall has a raised central roof, lean-tos on three sides and faceted timbers inside.

A 42-square-meter late Edo earthen storehouse near the shore at the Umagoe brewery, the only listed building there with a hongawara roof, its walls clad in boards.

Raised in 1901 beside the older north storehouse at the Umagoe brewery, this 300-square-meter moromi storehouse keeps a traditional frame of heavy timbers.

Entrance halls of 1845 joined to the Main Hall of Shorenji, a Shin temple in Sakaide, Kagawa: a gable-entry hall with a step platform and a small linking hall.

Hexagonal sutra repository of 1879 at Shorenji, a Shin temple in Sakaide, Kagawa, with thick plastered walls, a cusped window and a porch carved with animals.

Mid-Edo yakuimon gate at Shorenji, a Shin temple in Sakaide, Kagawa, with massive flat-sectioned posts, a carved tie beam and an ornate gable under a hongawara roof.

Open bell tower of 1910 at Shorenji, a Shin temple in Sakaide, Kagawa, in a well-proportioned Zen style with dense bracketing and fan rafters under a hongawara roof.

Main hall of 1825 at Shorenji, a Shin temple in Sakaide, Kagawa, a fine late Edo example of the region, its porch carved with dragons, baku and carp in waves.

Plastered sake shop of 1917 on the station road in Zentsuji, Kagawa, with mushiko windows and a long tiled roof, known for Shidan-ichi sake named after General Nogi.