Edo

Chofukuji Temple Main Hall in Nagaoka, Niigata, was built in 1855 by local carpenter Takagi Jinbei Mototsuna: a seven-by-six-bay Shin hall with a broad outer hall.

Nakahara Family Residence Main House in Akatsuka, Niigata: an 1860 headman's home with bracketed eaves where Emperor Meiji lunched in 1878. Open spring and fall.

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.

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.

The Furumine Shrine Main Hall in the Isurugi Shrine grounds, Niigata City, is an 1837 shrine almost covered in carving, shown at its June festival; registered 2008.

A large thatched gatehouse from the end of the Edo period on a Sado doctor's estate, with a windowless front to the street and a passage between earthen rooms.

An 1826 storehouse moved in 1909 to the Hosaka estate in Joetsu: two plastered kura under one pantiled okiyane roof, with 4 rooms each holding 2 freestanding posts.

A stone pit five meters square and three deep in a Tokamachi wood held winter snow through summer as cold storage for sake brewing. Edo-period, registered 2002.

A thatched three-room farmhouse moved from Kashiwazaki to the Ito estate in Somi, Niigata, with exposed beams, earthen floors and a projecting stable entrance.

A single-storey detached wing of 1860 at the Ito estate in Somi, Niigata, older than the Meiji mansion and still used for tea gatherings and ceremonies.

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 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 Ryogonji Main Gate in Joetsu, Niigata, is a mid-Edo thatched four-legged gate, repaired in 1736 and said to be Kakizaki Castle's rear gate moved to the temple.

The Ryogonji Main Hall in Joetsu, Niigata, is a mid-Edo Soto Zen hall 22 metres wide, with an eight-room hojo plan, a double veranda and a bracketed inner sanctuary.

The Rengebuji Temple Karamon Gate on Sado is a mid-Edo four-legged gate in the Zen manner, with main posts rising to the ridge, curved tie beams and a tall strut.

The Rengebuji Temple Sutra Repository on Sado is a mid-Edo earthen storehouse with a timber porch, a good example of a temple sutra store, lined with boards.

The Rengebuji Temple Goma Hall on Sado, dated 1690 by its ridge tablet, is a three-bay hall for the Shingon fire ritual, linked to the guest hall by a corridor.

The Rengebuji Temple Bell Tower on Sado, built in 1615, is a skirted bell tower with a balconied upper storey that keeps Momoyama character despite later changes.