Meiji
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Discover the National Treasure "Documents Related to the Kings of the Ryukyu Kingdom, the Sho Family" — 1,251 priceless items including the only surviving Ryukyu royal crown, ceremonial robes, legendary swords, and centuries of court records. A must-see in Naha, Okinawa.
Moved from Izena Island, this late-Meiji house keeps the rare separated-building (bunmunē) form, its kitchen a wing of its own. Now an indigo studio.
One of Okinawa World's largest relocated houses, this late-Meiji home survived the 1945 battle, shell scars on its pillars. Now a bingata workshop.
Built at Shuri from timber of a demolished Naha mansion, this late-Meiji house has an unusual plan with no back rooms. Now a papermaking studio.
A fūru is an old Okinawan privy-and-pigsty. Built of cut Ryukyu limestone, this rare survivor records a rural custom that local hygiene law ended around 1917.
A coral-limestone wall built in 1909 rings the Kamiyama Residence on Kuroshima, running 87.4 meters of dry-laid stone shaped with care at its gate and corners.
A dug well from 1909 at the southwest corner of the Kamiyama Residence on Kuroshima runs about 4.2 meters deep, with a curb cut from local coral limestone.
Discover the Tōgē Family Residence Ichitarai on Yonaguni, Japan's westernmost inhabited island. This Registered Tangible Cultural Property preserves the traditional water-management heritage of Yaeyama domestic architecture.