Registered Tangible Cultural Properties of Osaka

A 1912 Osaka row house built after a tram line widened the road. Fireproof black plaster faces the street, a wall of glass faces the river. Registered in 2018.

A 1912 brick building of just 56 square metres on Osaka's Tosabori-dori, registered in 1997. Granite-framed openings, a low arch, and the tea salon that saved it.

Late Edo town house of a Kawachi cotton merchant in Yao, Osaka, with an earth-floored hall, six rooms and a low loft with lattice windows. Registered in 2021.

Early Taisho two-storey timber Western-style house in Enokojima, Osaka, said to be a prefectural official residence, with weatherboard walls. Registered in 2006.

Meiji tea room named Gettoan on a cotton merchant's estate in Yao, Osaka: a rustic three-mat room for wabi tea and a later room for sencha. Registered in 2021.

Storehouse built in 1825 for a Kawachi cotton merchant in Yao, Osaka, called the cotton store on an 1842 plan; its white wall lines the street beside the main house.

Two-storey storehouse at the west edge of a Kawachi cotton merchant's estate in Yao, Osaka, with a plaster fan on its gable and reused beams. Registered in 2021.

Kyarabashi, an 1865 granite bridge on the old Kishu Kaido highway in Takaishi, Osaka, was moved to Takasago Park in 1988 and registered in 2008. Free to visit.

Built in 1953 as a coffee house a short walk from Tsutenkaku, Gallery Saikai sets a theatrical Osaka shopfront over a traditional townhouse plan. Registered in 2007.

A 1926 bathhouse on the old Kyoshigoe highway in Izumisano, its granite tub still set under a plastered barrel vault. Registered in 2024, now a city office.

A 1933 bank on the old Kishu highway in Kishiwada, its facade cut by an arch spanning two floors. Attributed to Watanabe Setsu and registered in 2006; now offices.

A late Edo storehouse behind the main house of a Kusaka headman's estate in Higashiosaka, registered in 2024; the smallest of 12 buildings, it kept altar goods.

A late Edo rice store on a Kusaka headman's estate in Higashiosaka, registered in 2024; the estate's only round-tiled store, with a copper-clad north wall.

A late Edo rice storehouse at the pond-side corner of a Kusaka headman's estate in Higashiosaka, registered in 2024, with plaster-encased window hoods on its gable.

The main gatehouse of a Kusaka village headman's estate in Higashiosaka, registered in 2024: a long nagayamon with a rare hipped roof, on the old Daidō road.

A 1784 headman's house in Kusaka, Higashiosaka, registered in 2024: a 12-bay thatched yamatomune farmhouse with five kitchen hearths and a hidden attic room.

A late Edo tool storehouse on a Kusaka headman's estate in Higashiosaka, registered in 2024. At 59 m² it is the largest store, raised on a cut-stone boundary wall.

An early Showa barn on a Kusaka headman's estate in Higashiosaka, registered in 2024; the only non-Edo building of 12, with a gable entry and open roof frame.

A late Edo plastered earthen wall enclosing a Kusaka headman's estate in Higashiosaka, registered in 2024; 166 meters on a stone base that follows the slope.

A late Edo storehouse for furnishings on a Kusaka headman's estate in Higashiosaka, registered in 2024. It rises from the stone boundary wall and has curved purlins.

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