Registered Tangible Cultural Properties of Okayama

Beside the bathhouse at Nagashima Aiseien stands the 1930 laundry, where residents washed bedding and clothing as assigned work. Built in concrete. Registered 2019.

The 1930 Hide Bathhouse at Nagashima Aiseien still has ceiling steam vents, a skylight and, rare for prewar Japan, hot-water showers. Registered in 2019.

Egawa Saburohachi designed this cypress-bark worship hall of 1922 at Nakayama Shrine in Tsuyama, Okayama. Registered in 2021; the sanctuary behind dates to 1559.

Egawa Saburohachi built this 22-square-metre offering hall at Nakayama Shrine in Tsuyama, Okayama, in 1922. One bay spans three, and all four sides stand open.

The 1896 stone entrance to the Taikado estate in Kurashiki, Nozaki Family Villa Taikado Main Gate raises two granite monoliths 3.6 metres high with timber doors.

About 2 metres high and set east of the great hall, Nozaki Family Villa Taikado Bust Pedestal is a granite structure carrying a bust of Nozaki Bukichiro.

Built in 1896 and covering 49 square metres, Nozaki Family Villa Taikado Residence bends in an L from the kitchen to the gate and housed the estate staff.

Built in 1896 opposite the pantry, Nozaki Family Villa Taikado Storehouse is a 186-square-metre kura with namako tiled walls and a 10-mat room on its ground floor.

Built in 1896 by the front garden in Kurashiki, Nozaki Family Villa Taikado Rickshaw Shed is an 11-square-metre garage, open on the west, that held four rickshaws.

Attached to the rickshaw shed in 1896, Nozaki Family Villa Taikado Rickshaw Pullers Room is a 12-square-metre waiting hut whose eaves carry fanned rafters.

Built in 1896 and covering 856 square metres, Nozaki Family Villa Taikado Main House opens from a formal entrance into a hall of one hundred tatami mats.

Built in 1908 in the east of the garden, Nozaki Family Villa Taikado Seiten is a reed-thatched teahouse of three mats and a daime mat, reached from the east gate.

A gate of 1896 set into a bamboo fence in Kurashiki, Nozaki Family Villa Taikado Middle Gate is 1.7 metres wide and roofed in cypress bark with a tiled ridge.

Raised in 1896 along the Oda River in Kurashiki, Nozaki Family Villa Taikado East Wall runs 76 metres on a granite footing and is pierced by a tiled yakuimon gate.

Built in 1908 for Nozaki Bukichiro's sixtieth birthday, Nozaki Family Villa Taikado Yuyotei is a reed-thatched guest wing reached by an adzed chestnut veranda.

Built in 1908 south of Yuyotei, Nozaki Family Villa Taikado Yuyotei Bathhouse is an 11-square-metre bath wing with bamboo-packed lower walls and banded grey plaster.

Discover Baiso Kura, a National Registered Tangible Cultural Property in Kurashiki's Kojima district. Built in 1907 by the grandson of the legendary Salt Field King, this storehouse is part of a stunning five-building villa complex now open as a udon restaurant with free admission and Seto Inland Sea views.

Discover Baiso Maid Quarters and Kitchen, a nationally registered tangible cultural property in Kurashiki, Okayama. Built in 1907 by the Nozaki salt dynasty, this Meiji-era villa now serves as a charming udon restaurant overlooking the Seto Inland Sea.

Discover Baiso Hanare, a National Registered Tangible Cultural Property in Kojima, Kurashiki. This exquisite sukiya-style detached pavilion was built in 1907 by the grandson of the legendary Salt King Nozaki Buzaemon, featuring plum blossom windows, Yakushima cedar ceilings, and stunning Seto Inland Sea views.

Discover Baiso Bekkan, a nationally registered tangible cultural property in Kurashiki, Okayama. Built in 1907 by the grandson of Japan's legendary Salt Field King, this exquisite villa showcases Kyoto-crafted sukiya architecture, sencha tea culture, and Seto Inland Sea views.