Registered Tangible Cultural Properties of Kochi

Discover Satokawa Bridge (Satokawa-bashi), a registered tangible cultural property spanning the Shimanto River in Shimanto Town, Kochi. Built in 1954, this chinkabashi submersible bridge is a testament to local resilience and ingenuity.

Discover the Shokakuji Stone Wall (Ishiguro) in Nahari, Kochi Prefecture — a Registered Tangible Cultural Property built in the early Showa period to shield the temple from typhoon winds using traditional round cobblestones.

Explore Shokakuji Main Hall, a Registered Tangible Cultural Property in Nahari, Kochi Prefecture. This early Showa-period Shingon Buddhist temple features traditional hōgyō-zukuri architecture and serves as the 9th stop on the Shikoku 33 Kannon Pilgrimage.

Discover Jokoji Temple Shoin, a registered tangible cultural property in Yasuda, Kochi Prefecture. This elegant Taisho-era sukiya-style study hall belongs to a 400-year-old temple that nurtured key figures of Japan's Meiji Restoration, including Mitsubishi founder Iwasaki Yataro.

Discover Jofukuji Temple's Kuri, a nationally registered tangible cultural property in Otoyo, Kochi. Originally built in 1858 and relocated to the temple in 1885, this historic kitchen hall offers a rare glimpse into rural Shikoku's architectural heritage.

Discover the Main Hall of Jofukuji Temple in Otoyo, Kochi Prefecture—a Registered Tangible Cultural Property rebuilt in 1779. Explore its 1,300-year history, unique Smiling Jizo statues, ancient Oga lotus, and the unspoiled landscapes of Toyonaga village.

Discover Taisho Bridge, a registered tangible cultural property in Shimanto Town, Kochi. This 138-meter steel Warren truss bridge from 1928 spans the Yusuhara River with elegant geometric granite pillars.

Takaiwa Bridge in Ino Town, Kochi Prefecture, is a reinforced concrete girder bridge built in 1928 and registered as a Tangible Cultural Property of Japan. Spanning the Kamiyakawa River in the Niyodo River system, it features distinctive pierced piers and a unified design that tells the story of modernization in Japan's mountainous heartland.

A late Meiji storehouse on Sakawa's sake-brewery street in Kochi, registered in 2018. Its plastered walls carry three tiers of Tosa water-shedding tiles.

Built about 1892 in Tosa City, Kochi, this single-storey house became a national Registered Tangible Cultural Property in 2019 and still works as a clinic.

This 1874 merchant house in Tano, Kochi, keeps the layered shopfront of a Tosa market town: a lattice screen, lean-to eaves and a lime-plastered half-storey.

Moved from Nahari to Tano in 1931, this late Edo wing shows two gables on its south face and holds seven rooms, including a formal alcove and writing bay.

Discover Chōhōji Main Hall, a Registered Tangible Cultural Property in Tano, Kochi Prefecture. Built in 1822, this Jōdo Shinshū temple showcases classic late Edo-period architecture in the Aki region of Shikoku.

Discover the gate of Chōhōji Temple, a nationally registered tangible cultural property in Tano, Kochi. This Jodo Shinshu temple, built in the Edo period, features traditional architecture and a famous reclining dragon plum tree in Shikoku's smallest town.

Discover Tsutoya Store and Main Residence, a beautifully preserved 1933 machiya townhouse in Yasuda Town, Kochi Prefecture. This Registered Tangible Cultural Property showcases early Showa-era commercial architecture with distinctive regional tile work and traditional craftsmanship.

In Aki's Doi Kakuchu quarter, Kochi, this two-storey earthen storehouse shows the Tosa manner: a boarded base, lime plaster, and two tiers of drip tiles. Registered 2005.

In Aki's Doi Kakuchu quarter, Kochi, this late-Meiji house was both doctor's home and clinic, its waiting and consulting rooms beside the family rooms. Registered 2005.

At the southwest corner of this Aki residence, Kochi, a nagayamon joins gate and building, with a passage at one end and four rooms alongside. Registered 2005.

Behind the main house of this Aki residence, Kochi, a small wing stands by the storehouse: an earthen floor, a raised floor, and eaves sheltering a well. Registered 2005.

Along the west edge of this Aki residence, Kochi, the wall joins a Tosa-plaster section and a neribei of river cobbles with old tiles at each end. Registered 2005.