Registered Tangible Cultural Properties of Niigata

Dairinji's sutra repository of 1857 is a small plastered storehouse. Its canopy beam is carved with grapes and a squirrel, and cloud-and-dragon work rings the altar.

Dairinji's kuri of 1920 is a modern Zen monastery's living quarters joined to the main hall. Two rows of rooms hold upper study quarters and a board-floored kitchen.

Dairinji's Sanmon of 1863 is a doorless bell-tower gate dense with carving. Its upper storey holds a bell attributed to Living Treasure Katori Masahiko.

Dairinji's outer gate of about 1852 is a four-legged gate on the old Yonezawa road, its round and square pillars rising from a stone platform on the central axis.

Dairinji's storehouse of 1928 was moved from a blacksmith's lot in 1986. Its walls set namako lattice against black plaster, with crane-and-tortoise reliefs on the eaves.

The main hall of Dairinji is the third on its site, rebuilt in 1883 after fire and war. A plain six-room Zen frame reserves its carved brackets for the altar zone.

An 1806 open belfry in Joetsu with close-set brackets and carved panels, housing a 1783 bell that was taken in 1944 and returned the next year, the temple says.

A three-bay 1827 gate in Joetsu with Zen-style triple bracketing, a big hip-and-gable roof, and unpainted keyaki carved with Chinese legends and zodiac animals.

Built in 1827 with the Great Gate, this 56 m wall in Joetsu turns forward at each end, with five rank lines on its white street face and plain boards inside.

Rebuilt in concrete in 1959 after a fire, this Joetsu temple hall pairs a barrel-vault roof and spires once called "Indian style" with a column-free tatami hall.

Takahashi Ameya Main House in Joetsu, Niigata: an 1875 townhouse on the Hokkoku Kaido with a gangi snow arcade, still the shop of a candy maker founded in 1624.

Takahashi Sake Brewery Chimney in Nagaoka, Niigata: a hexagonal brick chimney of about 1922, 20 metres high with a decorative ring, a landmark of the district.

Takahashi Sake Brewery New Brewery in Nagaoka, Niigata: a 1922 timber-framed brick brewery, three storeys and 30 metres long, a red-brick landmark by the river.

Choonji Temple Kannon Hall in Ojiya, Niigata, is an 1817 hall whose three-step brackets carry carved sacred birds and beasts. It was registered in 2018.

Choonji Temple Main Gate in Ojiya, Niigata, is a 2.9-meter four-legged gate of the late 1700s with round columns and carved gables, registered in 2018.

Choganji Temple Main Hall in Shibata, Niigata, built in 1750, follows the Shin plan but encloses its veranda and adds a rear passage, robing room and side room.

Listed in 2009, Chokokuji Temple Inner Gate is a single-bay gate 2.8 metres across whose head tie projects in front of the posts to carry the beam on a bracket set.

Listed in 2009, Chokokuji Temple Inner Sanctuary is a hall three bays square under a copper pyramidal roof, standing where the temple path finally ends.

Listed in 2008, Chokokuji Temple Corridor and Pilgrimage Station runs 17 metres beside the steps and rises at its north end into a two-storey pilgrim desk.

Dated 1691 and listed in 2009, Chokokuji Temple Kannon Hall is a five-bay esoteric hall where column shapes and a Sanskrit ceiling mark the sacred core.

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