Registered Tangible Cultural Properties of Niigata

The Yahiko Shrine Gakusha Musicians' Hall in Niigata, built in 1916 beside the dance hall, has a raised musicians' platform and a deliberately plain tiled design.

The Yahiko Shrine Guardian Dogs in Niigata, a 2.1-metre stone pair of 1916 before the Zuishinmon gate, were designed by Ito Chuta and modelled by Shinkai Taketaro.

The Yahiko Shrine Drum Tower in Niigata, a small 1916 tower moved to its site in 1962, still has its great drum beaten 3 times a day, at dawn, at noon and at 10 p.m.

The Yahiko Shrine Saikan in Niigata was built in 1916 to lodge the emperor's envoy, with a shoin reception room and four more rooms, a sign of the shrine's rank.

The Yahiko Shrine Sanshuden in Niigata, built in 1916 as a kagura viewing hall, is a long tiled building beside the stage whose south shutters lift for the dances.

The Yahiko Shrine Shikojo Attendants' Hall in Niigata, a 1916 duty hall for priests, mirrors the food offering hall across the worship hall, with a railed veranda.

The Yahiko Shrine Sacred Food Hall in Niigata, the 1916 shrine kitchen behind the worship hall, has a palace-style front of lattice shutters behind a railed veranda.

The Yahiko Shrine Sacred Tree Stone Fence in Niigata, built in 1916, rings the sacred tree in an uneven heptagon 32.8 metres long, with 2 stone doors at the front.

The Yahiko Shrine Notice Board Stand in Niigata, a 1916 cypress structure beside the First Torii Gate, is about 3 metres high yet finely bracketed under copper.

The Kusanagi Subsidiary Shrine at Yahiko Shrine, Niigata, second in a row of eight, was rebuilt in 1916 after the 1912 fire as a one-bay nagare-zukuri hall.

The Yahiko Shrine Chozusha Ablution Pavilion in Niigata, built in 1916 at the bend of the approach, has cusped gables at both ends and a coffered ceiling.

The Yahiko Shrine Second Torii Gate in Niigata, a 1916 granite myojin torii atop the steps where the approach turns, is where the shrine halls first come into view.

The Yahiko Shrine Norito Hall in Niigata, built in 1916 between the offering hall and worship hall, has a gabled roof meeting both and a post-free beamed interior.

The Yahiko Shrine Worship Hall in Niigata, rebuilt in 1916, is a 9-by-5-bay hall with a cusped kara-hafu porch and a post-free interior spanned by a great tie beam.

The Yahiko Shrine Offering Hall in Niigata, built in 1916, links worship hall and sanctuary; tatami inside, outside a three-bay nagare-zukuri like the main hall.

The Yahiko Shrine Main Hall in Niigata was rebuilt in 1916 to designs by Ito Chuta after the 1912 fire, a three-bay nagare-zukuri hall set against Mount Yahiko.

The Yahiko Shrine Dance Hall in Niigata, a 1916 kagura stage open on four sides, is the only building in the grounds with fan rafters, joined to the musicians' hall.

The Yahiko Shrine Mizugaki Fence and Rear Gate in Niigata enclose the main hall with 56.2 metres of lattice fence on stone and a cusped-roof gate, built in 1916.

Built in 1908 as a works base for the Oyashirazu Tunnel, Niigata's westernmost station keeps its three-sided canopy and ridge lifeline fittings. Registered in 2023.

A 9.9 m² brick lamp-oil store of 1908 beside Ichiburi Station in Itoigawa, Niigata, with English-bond walls, sawtooth eaves and pediments. Registered in 2023.

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