Meiji

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 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 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.

The oldest building in the JR Tadotsu Works, this timber hall dates to 1888. A king-post truss spans its 42.7-meter ridge without interior columns beneath a slate roof.

This 1877 earthen-walled rice store at the Shigeta home in Mannō, Kagawa, holds three rooms for grain, barn and tools, with a stone tank at one end kept against fire.

At the Shigeta residence in Mannō, Kagawa, an 1877 earthen-walled tool store and a 1914 timber privy stand as one registered building at the compound's northwest corner.

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.

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 Henkotsuya Shop, a Meiji-era registered tangible cultural property in Kotohira, Kagawa. This two-story wooden machiya near Kotohira-gu Shrine features exquisite ajiro-woven vault ceilings, rare woods, and connections to Bakumatsu-era history.

Discover the Matsudaira Yorikane Mausoleum at Hongyoji Temple in Takamatsu, Kagawa Prefecture—a registered tangible cultural property featuring a rare composite shrine-style warrior mausoleum from the Meiji era.

The main house of the Manabe Family Residence in Takamatsu, completed in 1901. A large single-story home with a coffered altar room marking a landholding family's rank.

The storehouse of the Manabe Family Residence, a two-story earthen dozo built in 1905. Its north half held tools and its south half rice, on a raised-beam roof structure.

The earthen wall of the Manabe Family Residence, about 44 meters long, built around 1882 on a stone base beside a water channel, shaping the local streetscape.

The middle gate and fence of the Manabe Family Residence, built in 1908: a zelkova gate with a black-plaster, lattice-windowed fence guiding guests into the inner garden.

The nagayamon gatehouse of the Manabe Family Residence spans the south front, eleven bays wide. Relocated around 1882, its plaster and namako base symbolize the estate.

The barn and wall of the Manabe Family Residence stand at the estate's north edge. Built around 1875 with a back gate, on a stone base beside a water channel.

The detached quarters of the Manabe Family Residence, its oldest surviving building, stand behind the main house. Built around 1875, remodeled in 1926.

The east gate of the Manabe Family Residence stands beside the nagayamon. Built in middle Meiji, it holds a three-mat menservants' room, its wall doubling as a barn.