Registered Tangible Cultural Properties of Okayama

Set on the Onbara Plateau at 700 meters elevation in Kagamino-cho, Okayama Prefecture, the Main Building of the Hirasakubara Power Station has been generating electricity continuously since 1928. This functional reinforced concrete structure was designated a Registered Tangible Cultural Property in 2006, together with nine related facilities including the historic Onbara Dam, Japan's oldest surviving buttress dam built for hydroelectric generation, forming one of the country's most comprehensive industrial heritage ensembles.

Mid-Meiji retaining walls and a stone fence at the Akibagu of Hofukuji, Soja: 3.0 m walls in 3 masonry styles line a long stairway up to the shrine. Registered 2009.

Five identical stone shrines of 1892 in a row on a long stone platform behind the Akibagu sanctuary at Hofukuji in Soja, Okayama. Registered in April 2009.

A minimal purification pavilion of 1894 at the Akibagu of Hofukuji, Soja: stone posts, timber arms and a gabled roof over a stone basin cut with an ogee-arched base.

The mid-Meiji worship hall and connecting hall of the Akibagu at Hofukuji, Soja: a 5-bay hall with stacked gables and a rear wing of ceremony and altar rooms.

A mid-Meiji shrine sanctuary at Hofukuji in Soja, Okayama: a single bay square, just 6.1 square meters, with bracket sets and cloud-dragon carvings. Registered 2009.

The mid-Edo Founder's Hall of Hofukuji in Soja, Okayama: a 3-bay pyramid-roofed hall on a walled terrace, its altar framed by Zen-style three-stepped brackets.

Stone walls and a tile-capped earthen wall of 1806 around the Founder's Hall at Hofukuji, Soja: the clay is left at its middle coat, not whitened. Registered 2009.

A four-legged gate of 1806 before the Founder's Hall of Hofukuji in Soja, Okayama: tiled gable roof, wing walls and a carved lozenge panel. Registered in 2009.

The 1764 sutra repository of Hofukuji in Soja, Okayama: a 2-bay clay-walled storehouse with a pyramid roof, karahafu porch and ogee windows. Registered 2009.

The mid-Edo priests' quarters of Hofukuji in Soja, Okayama: a 2-story, 432-square-meter building whose gable facade shows its posts, beams and tie beams.

The late-Edo entrance hall and dining hall of Hofukuji in Soja, Okayama: a karahafu gable and formal step for guests in front, a monks' refectory behind.

The late-Meiji two-story Main Gate of Hofukuji in Soja, Okayama, facing east before the Buddha Hall: a single-bay gate with bracket sets and a coffered ceiling.

Late-Edo walls flanking the Main Gate of Hofukuji in Soja, Okayama: 2.5 m andesite retaining walls in tortoise-shell masonry topped by white plastered earthen walls.

A mid-Meiji study hall joined to the abbot's quarters of Hofukuji in Soja, Okayama, whose 4.5-mat room has an alcove beam of natural wood. Registered in 2009.

An open bell tower of 1818 at Hofukuji in Soja, Okayama: 4 inward-leaning posts, bracket sets and a low, gently pitched tiled roof. Registered in April 2009.

An early-Edo well southwest of the Buddha Hall at Hofukuji in Soja, Okayama: thin granite slabs lap-jointed into a wide curb. Said to be the oldest on the grounds.

The 1814 Zen meditation hall of Hofukuji in Soja, Okayama, with ogee windows, raised sitting platforms and a diagonal tile floor. Registered in April 2009.

A roofed kitchen well of 1814 south of the tenzo's kitchen at Hofukuji in Soja, Okayama: a granite curb under a tiled shelter open on 2 sides. Registered 2009.

A granite girder bridge of 1828 east of the Main Gate steps at Hofukuji in Soja, Okayama: arched girders, stone slabs and ridged railings. Registered in 2009.

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