Registered Tangible Cultural Properties of Kumamoto

Registered in 2013, the 1930s East Wing of Kumamoto's Hitoyoshi Ryokan keeps a fan-shaped alcove window and fine-timber rooms, rebuilt after the 2020 flood.

Built in 1925 to carry carts over the Koshi River, Himeibashi in Kikuchi, Kumamoto, is Japan's earliest surviving through-type reinforced concrete arch bridge.

The front gate of the Fujisaki Family Residence (Sekishō-kan) in Tanoura, Kumamoto dates to about 1894. Sandstone pillars likely from Amakusa frame its board doors.

Taisho-era wall of Aso welded tuff in Kikuchi, Kumamoto. Coursed nunozumi masonry, trapezoidal in section, 46 metres long, once nearly twice its present height.

A Taisho farmhouse in Kikuchi, Kumamoto, registered in 2013: timber from the family's own hillside, heavy beams over the doma, transoms carved with Aso's peaks.

Discover the Yamaga Toro Folk Craft Museum, a registered tangible cultural property housed in a 1925 Romanesque bank building. Explore exquisite paper lanterns crafted entirely from washi and glue in Yamaga, Kumamoto Prefecture.

Built in 1880, the Yoshioka Amida hall is a tiny 3.8-square-metre worship space enshrining Amida Nyorai behind latticed doors. One of six structures registered in 2016.

Said to have been moved from Kumamoto city, the Yoshioka Edo storehouse is a small two-storey plastered dozo, one of six family structures registered in 2016.

Built around 1885 in Kutami, Yamaga, the Yoshioka main house anchored a sericulture estate. Its hip-and-gable roof and six-room plan center a compound registered in 2016.

Built around 1883, the Yoshioka fence runs 35 metres on a split-stone base, its bracing matching the gate along the street edge in Kutami. One of six registered in 2016.

Built around 1889, the Yoshioka Meiji storehouse doubled as a stable, with a cart passage and iron tethering fittings inside. One of six structures registered in 2016.

Built around 1883, the Yoshioka gate is a variant yakuimon about 2.3 metres wide, its braced doors matching the adjoining fence. One of six structures registered in 2016.

Registered in 2013, this 1888 house is the oldest building at Yoshino Ryokan in Hitoyoshi, Kumamoto, and its four living rooms and Buddhist altar room still survive.

Registered in 2013, this early Taisho two-storey block at Yoshino Ryokan in Hitoyoshi, Kumamoto, began as a bathhouse and keeps lath windows and coloured glass.

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

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