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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.
A late-Edo roofed well against the dining hall veranda of Hofukuji in Soja, Okayama, with a granite curb and a bucket hung from the beam. Registered in 2009.
The 1735 Buddha Hall at the heart of Hofukuji in Soja, Okayama: a Zen hall with fan rafters and round windows in place of the usual ogee type. Registered 2009.
The late-Edo abbot's quarters of Hofukuji in Soja, Okayama: the largest building on the grounds at 486 square meters, with 4 tiers of beams in its gables.
A late-Edo white-plastered wall, 65 m long, around the forecourt of the abbot's quarters at Hofukuji in Soja, Okayama, changing height and coping along its length.
A 1793 clay-walled storehouse behind the priests' quarters of Hofukuji in Soja, Okayama, its namako tilework carried up the corners and under the windows.
Mizote Family Residence No. 1 Storehouse in Hayashima is an 1845 storehouse on a flared base of fitted stone, with namako-kabe corners and a band of drip tiles.
Mizote Family Residence Main House in Hayashima is a thatched hip-and-gable farmhouse dating to the mid-Edo period, with a stepped-roof porch and an 1860 wing.
Mizote Family Residence No. 3 Storehouse in Hayashima is a mid-Edo rice store opening off the main house, extended around 1845 and faced with horizontal namako-kabe.
Mizote Family Residence Warehouse in Hayashima is a small mid-Edo storehouse beside the gate path, with namako-kabe facing inward and plain boards facing the road.
Mizote Family Residence Nagayamon Gate is a mid-Edo gatehouse in Hayashima with a tiled hip-and-gable roof, bracketed eaves and a namako-kabe band facing the road.
Mizote Family Residence Folding Screen Storehouse in Hayashima is the estate's largest storehouse, built in 1866, with a namako-kabe framed gable facing the road.
The Myokyoji Bell Tower at Saijo Inari in Okayama is an open belfry of 1862 on a hexagonal-stone base, the oldest of the temple's 33 registered buildings.
A one-bay sanctuary of just 3 square meters beside the main hall of Yuga Shrine, Kurashiki, with full-scale bracketing and old-style flat kibana. Registered in 2024.
Worship and offering halls at Yuga Shrine, Kurashiki, built in 1777 with a curved kara-hafu porch added in 1838. Dense carving marks the front. Registered in 2024.
The main hall of Ryujoin in Tamano, Okayama, built in 1819 on a hillside terrace, has a cusped-gable entrance and gable carvings of lion-dogs and tigers.
Preserved in Okayama Prefecture, this Important Cultural Property is a katana forged in 1674 by the legendary swordsmith Nagasone Kotetsu — one of the two yokozuna of the new sword era. Bearing a refined late-period Hakotora signature, with a 76.3 cm cutting edge and the celebrated juzuba temper line, this masterpiece descends through the Okudaira daimyo family.
The library of the commoners' school at Shizutani: 4,041 books and objects from the Bunko of 1677, an Important Cultural Property at the Okayama Prefectural Museum.