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The North Storehouse of Yoshida Sanso is a 1932 dozo storehouse of white plaster, linked to the Main Building and framed with sloping beams, unlike its twin.
The Former Garage of Yoshida Sanso is a 1932 Western-style building with a French-tile gambrel roof and dormers, now in use as the ryokan's Cafe Shinkokan.
Beside the Front Gate of Yoshida Sanso stands a 1932 gatekeeper's lodge of 12 square meters, its lattice window facing the lane from a stone-faced plinth.
The 1932 Main Building of Yoshida Sanso pairs tatami rooms with stained glass copied from an ancient mirror, the only building here registered as a model of form.
The South Storehouse of Yoshida Sanso is a 1932 dozo storehouse of 19 square meters beside its twin, with an araidashi mortar base and a strut-framed roof.
Rikyu Hachimangu Kotengu Shrine, a tiny east-facing shrine of about 1928 in Oyamazaki, has inokosasu gables and a bracket design shared with the worship hall.
Rikyu Hachimangu Shrine Lattice Fence, a 38-metre U-shaped fence of about 1928 in Oyamazaki, encloses the main hall with diamond lattice above solid boards.
Rikyu Hachimangu Shrine Middle Gate, a four-legged gate of about 1928 in Oyamazaki, fronts the worship hall with a bracket modeled on Tofukuji's Gekkamon.
Rikyu Hachimangu Shrine Temizusho, a purification pavilion of about 1928 in Oyamazaki, has the only tiled roof of the six registered buildings, on round posts.
Rikyu Hachimangu Shrine Worship Hall, built in 1928 in Oyamazaki, pairs a karahafu porch with stout timbers, boat-shaped brackets and a coved coffered ceiling.
Rikyu Hachimangu Shrine Main Hall, built in 1928 in Oyamazaki, is a three-bay nagare-zukuri sanctuary with three plank doors, registered for its medieval design.
Restaurant Noa Noa in Kyoto, the Western-style house of the painter Hashimoto Kansetsu of about 1929 on the Shirakawa, is Spanish in style with Japanese touches.
The Kamowakeikazuchi Shrine Documents, designated as an Important Cultural Property, comprise 13,639 historical records spanning from the late Heian period to the Edo era. Preserved at Kamigamo Shrine in Kyoto, this extraordinary archive includes decrees from Minamoto no Yoritomo, edicts from Oda Nobunaga and Toyotomi Hideyoshi, and approximately 1,400 consecutive monthly financial records—offering an unparalleled window into the history of one of Japan's most revered Shinto shrines.