Important Cultural Property of Kanagawa

A Nanbokucho-period map owned by Jokomyoji in Kamakura, Kanagawa Prefecture. It bears no date at all, yet is placed within just two short years today.

Carved in 1308, the Anyo-in Hokyoin-to is Kamakura's oldest dated stone pagoda, an Important Cultural Property whose base records both its patron and its stonemason.

Built around 1646 in Kyoto by Ichijo Ekan, a son of Emperor Go-Yozei, this thatched imperial tea villa was moved to Kamakura with its garden stones in 1959.

The Former Ito Family House, a headman's farmhouse of around 1700 floored in split bamboo, stands in Kawasaki's open-air folk museum, which its rescue founded.

The main hall of Egara Tenjin in Kamakura, rebuilt in 1316 for Tsurugaoka Hachimangu and moved here in 1624, is a rare surviving shrine hall of medieval Kamakura.

The founder's pagoda at Kakuonji in Kamakura, Kanagawa, is a stone hokyointo of 1332, at the close of the Kamakura period, designated with the Daito Pagoda.

The Daito Pagoda at Kakuonji in Kamakura, Kanagawa, is a stone hokyointo of 1332, designated in 1934 with the founder's pagoda of the same year beside it.

The Kanagawa Prefectural Office in Yokohama, completed in 1928 from a competition design, is the "King" of the city's three towers, open to visitors on weekdays.

The former head office of the Yokohama Specie Bank, a stone bank of 1904 in Naka, Yokohama, is a leading work of its era, its restored dome crowning a museum.

The Gekkaden at Sankeien in Yokohama, a Momoyama hall said to be a waiting hall of Fushimi Castle, was moved here from Uji in 1918 and keeps its cypress-bark roof.

The former Tomyoji pagoda on the hill at Sankeien in Yokohama, built in 1457 in Kyoto and moved here in 1914, is the oldest designated pagoda in the Kanto region.

The former main hall of Tomyoji at Sankeien in Yokohama, an early Muromachi hall from Kizugawa in Kyoto, was rebuilt here in 1987 and restored to its medieval form.

Yokohama Port Opening Memorial Hall: a red-brick public hall of 1917 striped with granite, built by citizens' donations, with the "Jack" clock tower and domes.

Issued in January 1294 by Hōjō Sadatoki, ninth regent of the Kamakura shogunate, this ink-on-paper edict regulated the conduct of monks at Engaku-ji and other Zen monasteries. Designated an Important Cultural Property, it offers a rare window into the close ties between samurai power and Zen Buddhism in medieval Kamakura.

Discover the Bokuzeisho Volume 23 Fragment, an Important Cultural Property held by Shomyo-ji Temple and preserved at Kanagawa Prefectural Kanazawa Bunko. Explore how this rare divination manuscript reveals the scholarly world of medieval Japanese Buddhist learning.

Discover the Important Cultural Property bokuseki by Sekishitsu Zenkyū—a Zen incense-offering verse (nenkōgo) written in 1363 during the Nanbokuchō period. Owned by the Tokiwayama Bunko and housed at the Tokyo National Museum, this majestic calligraphic work embodies the spiritual depth of medieval Japanese Zen Buddhism. Learn about its history, significance, and how to visit.

An Important Cultural Property film recording Onoe Matsunosuke—Japan's first movie star—performing the iconic "Farewell at Sakurai" before the future Emperor Shōwa at Japan's first motion picture exhibition in 1921. Only the second film ever designated nationally; a digitally restored version is freely available online, with related exhibits at the National Film Archive of Japan in Kyobashi, Tokyo.

Filmed in November 1899 behind Tokyo's Kabuki-za theatre, Momijigari is the oldest surviving film made by a Japanese cinematographer and the only moving record of two of the Meiji era's greatest kabuki actors, Ichikawa Danjūrō IX and Onoe Kikugorō V. In 2009 it became the first film of any kind to be designated a Japanese Important Cultural Property. This guide explains how the film came to be made, why it matters, and how international visitors can engage with it today through the National Film Archive of Japan in Kyobashi, Tokyo.

Kanagawa’s registered properties across designations, with featured heritage and travel notes.

The complete kokuhō catalogue — browse by prefecture, period, and category.

Nationwide jūyō bunkazai — architecture, sculpture, painting, crafts, and documents.