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Kasuga Shrine Moshiden in Bungotakada, Oita, is a 1905 offering hall one bay square, fitted with glass doors and set between the worship hall and main hall.
A Meiji-period storehouse at a sake brewer's in Taketa, Oita Prefecture, Japan. Small tiled eaves stand over its street doorway and window; rice was kept below.
Araki Family Residence Kitchen Storehouse in Kusu, Oita: a 1904 earthen kura whose namako lower walls use ceramic plates, with a hachimaki band and stepped door.
The Inoue Family Residence Barn in Hita, Oita, is an L-shaped 1902 barn of 218 square metres with a cowshed, its plastered roadside wall looking like a gatehouse.
The Inoue Family Residence Miso Storehouse in Hita, Oita, is an 1875 earthen store of 46 square metres by the kitchen, where the family's miso brewing jars survive.
A late-Meiji three-storey storehouse beside the main house of the Iwao family in Hita, Oita, once also used as a double-height kitchen and a business parlor.
An early-Meiji two-storey annex behind the Iwao family house in Hita, Oita, reached by a covered corridor, with a toilet lavishly finished in marble and mirrors.
Discover the Kajiwara Family Residence Storehouse, a nationally Registered Tangible Cultural Property built around 1907 in the historic castle town of Hiji, Oita Prefecture. Explore its Meiji-era dozo architecture, the merchant heritage of Beppu Bay, and nearby attractions.
Kasuga Shrine Itsukushima Subsidiary Shrine in Bungotakada, Oita, is a Meiji-era miniature shrine of 1.2 square metres with railings and steps, registered in 2011.
An 1877 machiya on Usuki's Hatcho Oji arcade, with four latticed windows in white plaster and an earth-floored shop below. Kagiya has brewed here since 1600.
Kayashima Family Residence Annex in Kunisaki, Oita, is an 1897 reception wing with plastered eaves and garden verandas, the only one of 14 listed for design.
Kayashima Sake Brewery North Storehouse in Kunisaki, Oita, is a long 1906 timber storehouse used for bottling, unusual on the site for its board ceiling.
Kayashima Sake Brewery Former Muromae in Kunisaki, Oita, is an 1894 plastered building where koji was cooled, one of the brewery's two oldest buildings.
Kayashima Sake Brewery Cold Storehouse in Kunisaki, Oita, is an 1894 earthen brewhouse used for cold storage since 1929, insulated with rice husks inside its walls.
The private wing of the Inaba lords' Usuki villa, c. 1902: four rooms in a ta-no-ji plan, an alcoved main room and paper screens set high for light. Registered 2008.
Front gate of the Inaba lords' Usuki villa, c. 1902: a 2.7 m bracket-arm gate with a wicket on each side, brace posts, boat-shaped brackets and a lattice band.
A 45 m wall and 2.3 m service gate of c. 1902 at the Inaba lords' Usuki villa: local tuff base, dark board skirting and white plaster on the street. Registered 2008.
Built in 1902 for the former Inaba lords of Usuki: a gable-fronted hall with a shikidai porch, an alcoved upper room and an 18.5-mat room. Registered in 2008.
The kitchen of the Inaba lords' Usuki villa, c. 1902: an 8 m square, two-storey block with an earthen floor, open eaves and a void carrying stove smoke to the roof.
A two-storey storehouse of c. 1902 at the Inaba lords' Usuki villa: cut-stone base, white plaster, two rooms with own doors and a deep east eave. Registered 2008.