Registered Tangible Cultural Properties of Niigata

An early Showa storehouse for household goods in the Dairoan compound of the Ito estate in Somi, Niigata, with a raised roof and deep eaves carried on beam ends.

A 211-metre timber wall of about 1887 enclosing the Ito landlords' estate at Somi, Niigata, with battened boarding, slatted windows and a surviving moat outside.

A single-storey store of 1885 on the Ito estate in Somi, Niigata, built between two workshops to hold the carpenters' tools while the mansion was under construction.

A 28-metre miso store of 1887 at the Ito estate in Somi, Niigata, whose tall core and twin lean-tos once sheltered dozens of barrels and later a dining hall.

A two-storey gate and storehouse of 1887 at the Ito estate in Somi, Niigata: a three-bay gateway with inward doors, lacquerware stored within, now the ticket office.

A small bathhouse of 1889 beside the great hall of the Ito estate in Somi, Niigata, with a tatami rest room, woven ajiro panels and bamboo window lattices.

A late Edo thatched farmhouse moved from snowy Shitada to the Ito estate in Somi, Niigata, with a stone-weighted stable roof and close-set wall posts.

The main gate of Honkoji in Sado, Niigata, a yakuimon of 1846 moved here in 1973, has a striking gable frame of tie-rails, struts and curved beams in Zen style.

The bell tower of Honkoji in Sado, Niigata, an open one-bay belfry of 1886 moved here in 1973, stands on a base with inward-leaning posts and double rafters.

The street wall of Honkoji in Sado, Niigata, a late Edo wall moved here in 1973, runs 14 metres beside the gate in plaster panels on a tuff base under tiles.

The main hall of Honkoji in Sado, Niigata, a late Edo Jodo Shinshu hall under a gabled roof, follows the standard Shin plan and shows careful brackets and transoms.

The main entrance of Honjoji in Sanjo, Niigata, built around 1895 to link the guest hall and kuri, has a cusped gable with three pendants that anchors the grounds.

The guest hall of Honjoji in Sanjo, Niigata, built in 1895, has a coffered inner hall and outer halls arranged as a broad, open space with very few interior posts.

The priests' quarters of Honjoji in Sanjo, Niigata, built in 1895, have a large hearth room where a pair of pillars recut from the former main hall still stands.

The Daishoin of Honjoji in Sanjo, Niigata, built around 1899 and linked to the guest hall by an arched bridge, has calm audience rooms with snow-country verandas.

The main hall of Honjoji in Sanjo, Niigata, head temple of a Hokke school branch, was built in 1903 by carpenters from Toyama and is richly decorated with carvings.

Built just after Murakami's 1892 fire by carpenter Inagaki Gentaro, this main house, brewery and koji room show a 9.5-ken west gable beside the 1934 street store.

Built in 1934 on Murakami's Omachi Street, this 2-storey townhouse shop with a 5.5-ken frontage was registered for its tall early Showa form. It still sells sake.

A 2-storey tool storehouse of about 1892 behind a Murakami sake shop, with a tall boarded base and exposed-post upper wall, said bought in 1909 with brewing gear.

A two-storey earthen storehouse at the Mori doctors' estate in Mano, Sado, clad in clapboard, with a plastered door and east windows and a glazed lean-to in front.