Registered Tangible Cultural Properties of Okayama

An 18 m granite obelisk raised in Kojima in 1894 for salt pioneer Nozaki Buzaemon. Its 12 m shaft is a single stone; see why it was registered and how to visit.

A low 128 m granite wall of 1894 enclosing the Nozaki obelisk garden in Kojima, with tortoise-shell masonry at the corners. How to read its stonework and visit.

An 1894 granite girder bridge, 4.4 m long, before the Nozaki obelisk in Kojima. Its drum-bridge curve is kept low to open the view to the tower. Where to view it.

A pair of 4.7 m granite gateposts from 1894 at the Nozaki obelisk garden in Kojima, with leaf cornices, coping stones and finials echoing the tower. How to visit.

Storehouse of about 1907 at the Baiso villa in Kojima, Kurashiki: 2 by 1.5 bays, in black plaster with namako-tile corners and base and a tiled eave band.

Service wing of about 1907 at the Baiso villa in Kojima, Kurashiki: maids' room, kitchen and well house, finished in black plaster, namako tile and grey plaster.

Detached room of about 1907 at the Baiso villa in Kojima, Kurashiki: 2-mat and 6-mat sencha-style rooms with plum-blossom, half-moon and flame windows.

Annex at Baiso in Kojima, Kurashiki: an early Meiji building moved here around 1907, with thatched 8- and 6-mat rooms and log rafters fanned under the eaves.

Main house of the Baiso villa in Kojima, Kurashiki, about 1907: a thatched wing with a carriage porch, sencha tea room, round window and wave-pattern transoms.

The Hayashibara Museum of Art Central Storehouse, early Meiji, is valued for its walls: namako tiling at the base, L-shaped corner tiles and a band with drip tiles.

The Hayashibara Museum of Art Nagayamon Gate is a late Edo samurai gatehouse moved from an Ikeda branch residence, with plastered walls and namako tiling below.

The Hayashibara Museum of Art West Storehouse (1881) is the largest of three, reworked inside when moved in about 1909, with namako tiling at base, corners and band.

The Hayashibara Museum of Art East Storehouse is a small early Meiji storehouse that long held the Ikeda domain archive, with diagonally laid tiles at its base.

The Hayashibara Museum of Art Main Building (1963) was Maekawa Kunio's first museum, with galleries looping a bamboo courtyard and walls of over-fired brick.

Circular reservoir of 1905 on Mount Handa, Okayama, 21 metres across, with two concentric inner walls topped by brick arches under concrete vaults. A rare design.

Timber office of 1905 below the No. 1 reservoir on Mount Handa, Okayama: hipped and airy, with yoraku pendants at the eaves and vent grilles based on the city crest.

Circular reservoir of 1919 on Mount Handa, Okayama, added in the first extension. Like the 1905 basins, its roof has 16 concrete ribs radiating from a domical vault.

Hexagonal brick meter house of 1905 on Mount Handa, Okayama, which metered water sent to the city, with a keystone pediment and granite-framed round windows.

Hexagonal meter house of 1939 on Mount Handa, Okayama, its concrete walls tiled to look like header-bond brick in a simpler copy of the 1905 meter house.

Circular reservoir of 1905 beside the No. 1 basin on Mount Handa, Okayama, with a brick-faced concrete wall, wall vents and a central ventilation tower on top.