Meiji
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On the Oda River's west bank in Ibara, Okayama, the 1882 shop and main house of Yamanari Sake Brewery shows a long plastered Meiji frontage. Registered in 2024.
The largest of six listed buildings at Yamanari Sake Brewery in Ibara, Okayama, this brewing hall is built around a sealed malt room. Registered in 2024.
The larger of two brewing halls at Yamanari Sake Brewery in Ibara, Okayama, this early-Meiji storehouse still fills its tanks each winter. Registered in 2024.
Assembled from fired Bizen stoneware at Yuga Jinja Hongu in Kurashiki, Okayama, this 1894 gate stands 4.7m tall with single-fired joints. Registered in 2024.
The stone steps and walls of Ryūjōin Temple in Tamano City, Okayama Prefecture, date to the late Edo period. Eight broad stone steps spanning 9 meters wide and a 37-meter stone wall create the distinctive elevated landscape of this hilltop temple, registered as a national Tangible Cultural Property. The walls reveal four distinct phases of masonry construction.