Registered Tangible Cultural Properties of Osaka

The Fujii main gate in Higashiosaka pairs keyaki doors with an attendants' waiting room, joining the Inui-gura storehouse to form one composed street elevation.

Built in late Meiji, the Fujii rice store carries a mokko crest motif on its sliding earthen door and round windows cut through both gable walls, at the plot's rear.

A Taisho-era working shed on the Fujii estate in Higashiosaka, roofed with round poles over a packed earth floor: the plain end of a carefully graded residence.

The largest Fujii outbuilding, this early-Showa parlour pairs an eight-mat room with glazed screens and an alcove pierced by an Oribe window from the tea room.

Sixty-one metres of tile-capped earthen wall run the eastern edge of the Fujii estate to meet the main gate, pierced only by one modest bracketed side gate.

The Miki Gakki headquarters building, known as the Osaka Kaiseikan, is a reinforced concrete structure completed in 1924 to mark the centennial of Japan's oldest music store, founded in 1825. Modeled after a German instrument maker's headquarters, this Taisho-era commercial building features stained glass by Kiuchi Shintaro, marble staircases, and terracotta ornamentation. Having survived the World War II air raids, it was registered as a National Tangible Cultural Property in 1997.

The Mizuma Railway Mizuma Station building in Kaizuka City, Osaka, is a reinforced concrete terminal station completed in 1926 during the Taishō period. Featuring a distinctive blend of a Buddhist stupa-inspired central tower and Western-style cylindrical projections, this unique structure was registered as a national Registered Tangible Cultural Property in 1999. Discover its architectural charm and the history of the Mizuma Railway, originally built as a pilgrimage line to the ancient Mizumadera temple.

Discover the Midō Building, a 1965 masterpiece by Takenaka Corporation on Osaka's prestigious Midosuji boulevard. Registered as a Tangible Cultural Property in 2024, this landmark showcases Arita-ware tile facades, innovative center-core design, and timeless urban elegance.

Completed in 1934 and designed by architect Yabe Matakichi, the former Kawasaki Savings Bank Fukushima Branch features a distinctive curved facade with Ionic giant-order columns. Now a Registered Tangible Cultural Property, it serves as the headquarters of Minami Corporation in Osaka's Fukushima district.

The stone retaining wall of the Mezan Atsushi Residence, a 19-meter dry-laid wall of rounded fieldstones that curves along a steep road and rises to about five meters.

The kitchen wing of the Mezan Atsushi Residence, its smallest registered building at about 12 square meters, with a well and sink on a fully stone-paved floor.

The north and east walls of the Mezan Atsushi Residence, a roofed boundary wall of about 25 meters from 1912, with black plaster, red posts and accent ridge tiles.

The thatched main house of the Mezan Atsushi Residence, built in 1912, its working doma fronting formal rooms of fine craftsmanship, listed as hard to reproduce.

Storehouse 1 of the Mezan Atsushi Residence, a tall 1912 dozo at the northwest corner, white plaster above charred cedar boarding giving it a striking street presence.

Storehouse 2 of the Mezan Atsushi Residence, a small 1912 dozo joined to the larger corner store, its cornice molding marking careful work despite a modest size.

The barn of the Mezan Atsushi Residence, the oldest of its eight registered structures, built in 1905, its plastered walls and bracketed eaves facing the entrance path.

The west wall of the Mezan Atsushi Residence, an 11-meter roofed wall of 1912 set on the stone base, its height shifting with the slope to keep the top line level.

Fujii Koji designed this Korien house in 1930 for an Osaka textile merchant. It retains its ventilation flues, chair-height rooms and original furniture.

Only ten square metres, this storehouse was rebuilt in fire-resistant earthen-wall construction in 1941, in preparation for war. Its bracing records the period.

Thirteen square metres holding one room of four and a half mats, this outbuilding housed the Yagi family's live-in groom. Its south door faced the stable.

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