Registered Tangible Cultural Properties of Niigata

Hara Family Residence Buddhist Altar Room Wing, built in 1902 in Niigata City, frames its altar with an arched beam, brackets and coffered ceiling. Registered 2016.

Hara Family Residence Miso Storehouse, built in 1902 in Niigata City, carries its roof on one long ridge timber with rafter beams and exposed posts. Registered 2016.

Hara Family Residence Gate in Niigata City is a single-bay yakuimon of about 1902, 2.7 metres wide, plain but for doors made from single boards. Registered 2016.

Bannai River No. 1 Sabo Dam in Myoko, Niigata, built around 1921, is an early rubble-concrete check dam, 43 m long and 5.0 m high, registered in 2003. Visiting tips.

Bannai River No. 3 Sabo Dam in Myoko, Niigata, is a low stone check dam of about 1922, first dry-laid and later mortared, 35 m long and 2.0 m high. Registered 2003.

Bannai River No. 11 Sabo Dam in Myoko, Niigata, built around 1926 in a narrow gorge, is a symmetrical check dam with a stone apron against scour. Registered 2003.

Bannai River No. 10 Sabo Dam in Myoko, Niigata, built around 1926, is a 3.5 m stone check dam about 120 m from its neighbors in a landslide zone. Registered 2003.

Bannai River No. 13 Sabo Dam in Myoko, Niigata, built around 1934 after a 1933 flood, is the tallest of the registered check dams at 5.9 m. Registered in 2003.

Bannai River No. 12 Sabo Dam in Myoko, Niigata, built around 1925, is a check dam in fine tanizumi masonry with a sloping crest and stone nameplate. Registered 2003.

Bannai River No. 14 Sabo Dam in Myoko, Niigata, built around 1934, is the uppermost registered check dam, symmetrical with four arched drains. Registered 2003.

Bannai River No. 7 and No. 8 Sabo Dams in Myoko, Niigata, built side by side around 1926, hold back sediment and also feed irrigation water. Registered in 2003.

Bannai River No. 4 Sabo Dam in Myoko, Niigata, built around 1922, drops water in two steps over a stone apron to a secondary dam. Registered in 2003; how to visit.

Bannai River No. 6 Sabo Dam in Myoko, Niigata, built around 1923, is a low stone check dam whose deep 15 m notch opens the view up a stepped series. Registered 2003.

Hikagesawa No. 1 Ground Sill in Myoko, Niigata, is a 1920s stone ground sill, 30 m long and 5.0 m high, the largest of the Hikagesawa sabo works. Registered in 2003.

The Hikagesawa Upper Reach Ground Sills in Myoko, Niigata, are five cut-stone sills in tanizumi masonry on a 40% slope, built from the 1920s and registered in 2003.

The Hikagesawa Middle Reach Ground Sills in Myoko, Niigata, are 32 stone ground sills curving up a 30% slope over 302 m, built from the 1920s and registered in 2003.

The Hirata Dairoku Family Residence Chimney in Sekikawa, Niigata, is a late-Meiji brick stack in English bond, the last trace of the shed where rice was steamed.

The Hirata Dairoku Family Residence Sake Brewery in Sekikawa, Niigata, dates from 1845 with an early Meiji extension; the family brewed and stored its sake here.

Completed in 1921, the Hirata Dairoku Family Residence Main House in Sekikawa, Niigata, is a 504-square-metre brewer's home with shoin rooms and a beamed kitchen.

Built in 1835, the Hirata Dairoku Family Residence Storehouse in Sekikawa, Niigata, is the oldest dated building on a sake brewer's estate, a clay tool store.