Registered Tangible Cultural Properties of Mie

The Ishikawa Brewery South Bunko Storehouse is a Meiji-era earthen storehouse within the grounds of Ishikawa Brewery, a historic sake producer founded in 1830 in Yokkaichi City, Mie Prefecture. One of 15 structures registered as national Tangible Cultural Properties, this beautifully preserved bunko storehouse features white plaster walls and a cut-stone foundation. Discover the deep traditions of Japanese sake culture alongside the brewery's acclaimed Fukii sake, crafted with ultra-soft water from the Suzuka Mountains.

Discover the Ishiyakushi Bunko Reading Room, a 1932 Registered Tangible Cultural Property in Suzuka, Mie Prefecture. Gifted by legendary tanka poet Sasaki Nobutsuna on his 60th birthday, this charming library sits along the historic Tokaido highway at the 44th post station.

Discover Ichinoyu Honkan, a 1926 public bathhouse registered as a national tangible cultural property in Iga City, Mie Prefecture. Experience Taisho-era architecture blending Japanese and Western design in the heart of ninja country.

Discover Ichinoyu Gate (Ichinoyumon), a Registered Tangible Cultural Property in Iga City, Mie Prefecture. Built in 1926, this granite-pillared gate with its iconic neon sign welcomes visitors to one of Japan's most atmospheric traditional bathhouses in the historic ninja hometown of Iga Ueno.

Discover Ito Ryokan Main Building, a Registered Tangible Cultural Property in Iga City, Mie Prefecture. This late Meiji-era wooden inn features exquisite coffered ceilings with phoenix paintings, black-lacquered frames, and refined chaya architecture in the heart of Iga Ueno's former entertainment district.

Discover the Ueno City Waterworks Source Pumping Station Room, a reinforced concrete pumping facility built in 1936 and registered as a national tangible cultural property. Located in Iga City, Mie Prefecture, this early Showa-era industrial heritage showcases understated yet charming architectural details.

Discover the Ueno Cultural Center (Ueno Bunka Center), a three-story wooden commercial building from 1922 in Iga City, Mie Prefecture. This Registered Tangible Cultural Property blends Taisho-era architecture with modern café culture in the heart of ninja country.

An early Meiji townhouse in Nabari's old quarter: bengara lattice front below a low tsushi-nikai upper storey. Registered 2017, private, seen from the street only.

An 1858 earthen-walled brewhouse in Yokkaichi, Mie, registered in 2025. Its brick chimney marks the kamaba, the room where rice is still steamed for sake.

A mid-Meiji storehouse in Yokkaichi, Mie: two parallel ranges built with no wall between them, forming one room. Registered in 2025, still used for brewing.

A 1929 rest house in Iga's Kagiya-no-tsuji park recreating the teahouse of the 1634 vendetta. Sukiya detailing, split-bamboo ceiling, registered 2024, repaired 2026.

The Katsuo no Tenpaku Main House in Nakiri, Shima City, Mie Prefecture, is a katsuobushi (dried bonito) manufacturer's residence registered as a National Tangible Cultural Property in 2022. Standing on the dramatic cliffs of Cape Daio overlooking the Pacific, this fourth-generation producer preserves the ancient tebiyama smoking method from the Edo period. Discover a living cultural heritage that embodies the Ise-Shima region's sacred food traditions and its deep connection to Ise Grand Shrine.

The Katsuo no Tenpaku Workshop, perched on the cliffs of Cape Daio in Shima City, Mie Prefecture, is an active katsuobushi (dried bonito) production facility registered as a National Tangible Cultural Property in 2022. Using the tebiyama smoking method established in the mid-Edo period — practiced by only about ten workshops nationwide — it produces premium honkarebushi. Guided tours offer tastings of ichiban dashi and freshly shaved bonito over rice.

The Kadoya Ryokan Main Building in Tsu City, Mie Prefecture, is a remarkably preserved Edo-period inn on the historic Ise Betsu Kaidō highway. Its traditional façade with sliding shutters and lattice windows, along with pilgrimage confraternity tablets, vividly recalls the era of mass Ise pilgrimage. Registered as a national Tangible Cultural Property in 2008.

Kawachi Photo Studio in Shinmachi, Nabari City, Mie Prefecture, is a wooden two-story (partially three-story) building constructed in 1921 during the Taisho period. Featuring Western-influenced design elements such as parapet turrets and a triangular gable, along with a glass-roofed photography studio for natural lighting, it is registered as a National Registered Tangible Cultural Property as a rare example of Taisho-era commercial architecture.

Built in 1888 as Ueno's police station and a model for police offices across Mie, this registered timber building in Iga reopened in 2026 as a free ceramics gallery.

A 44-metre dry-stone boundary wall of the late Edo period at Komagano in Watarai, Mie. Undressed local stone, a clipped maki hedge above, registered in 2016.

A two-storey earthen storehouse of the late Edo period at Komagano in Watarai, Mie. Boarded walls, a white plaster band, an okiyane roof; registered in 2016.

An 1889 merchant house on Nabari's Hase highway, with a 15.8-metre frontage, plastered loft and lattice window. Registered in 2013, it fronts the Jikon brewery.

A 1916 timber village hall in Geino, Tsu, with weatherboarding, sash windows and a corner porch. Saved from demolition, repaired in 2017, open free at weekends.

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

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