Meiji

A salt merchant's house rebuilt in 1890 after Omachi's great fire, the town's first fireproof dozo-zukuri machiya, with a beamed doma now part of Chojiya museum.

A late Meiji silk-raising building in Obuse, Nagano, enlarged under Taisho. Its 2 tall tiled wings carry raised ridge vents and large windows. Registered in 2011.

A long, narrow outbuilding of 1907 in Obuse, Nagano, 13.3 m by 1.8 m, holding an outdoor toilet, a charcoal shed and a work shed side by side. Registered in 2011.

A single-storey barn of 1907 in Obuse, Nagano, with white plaster over weatherboards and a door onto the inner yard, part of the compound's front. Registered 2011.

Built around 1875 in the estate's northeast corner, this one-storey plastered storehouse in Suzaka has board cladding on its street side that runs into the wall.

Built in 1875 by a former Suzaka domain finance officer, this two-storey house keeps a samurai-style parlour with alcove and shoin bay. It is now an inn guest wing.

This 20 m tile-capped earthen wall of c. 1875 in Suzaka flanks the gatehouse on a boulder base with polished plaster skirting and hides storage inside.

Built around 1875 on the estate's northwest corner in Suzaka, this slim three-storey plastered storehouse on a stone base, with deep eaves, anchors the old street.

Built around 1875 on the estate's street front in Suzaka, this small two-storey gatehouse has plaster walls and rafters sealed in a wavy soffit, framing the facade.

Once the Maruta Clinic's X-ray room, this late Meiji plastered building in Suzaka links the main house and clinic by a covered corridor, a record of a town clinic.

Built in 1910 as a doctor's consulting wing, this Suzaka building dresses black storehouse plaster with pilasters and framed panels. It now holds inn guest rooms.

This late Meiji three-storey cocoon storehouse of Suzaka's Tajiri silk mill was rolled 180 m in 2000 to escape demolition. It now shows silk displays free of charge.

The Masuya Ryokan Storehouse is an early Meiji two-storey earthen storehouse by the inn entrance in Tazawa Onsen, on a tall stone base with black-plastered windows.

The Masuya Ryokan East Wing, the inn's oldest block, is an early Meiji three-storey wing in Tazawa Onsen with a curved roof, bracketed verandas and the Toson Room.

The Masuya Ryokan East Storehouse is an early Meiji storehouse facing the East Wing across the street in Tazawa Onsen, with plastered eaves and namako-style walls.

The Masuya Ryokan Main Building, a three-storey timber inn of c.1907 in Tazawa Onsen, Nagano, is the largest of six registered buildings, with round columns.

Minoya Dozo in Matsushiro, Nagano City, is a two-storey earthen storehouse of 30 square metres at the rear of a merchant plot, its white plaster now clad in iron.

West of the Miharaya shop, the 1872 North Storehouse dresses its street gable in namako-kabe and sets its windows high, so two floors read as three from the road.

West of Zenkoji temple, the 1872 Miharaya shop sets an open storefront beside a namako-kabe warehouse. This miso and soy-sauce brewer, founded in 1848, still works here.

South of the shop, the 1877 Middle Storehouse lifts a hipped third storey above a two-storey earthen body, anchoring the alley view along Uchiwaya-koji.