Registered Tangible Cultural Properties of Osaka

Discover Osaka Celluloid Kaikan, a 1931 modernist building in Higashinari Ward designed by Isamu Nishida. This Registered Tangible Cultural Property tells the story of Japan's pre-war celluloid industry through its expressionist columns, Spanish-tile roof, and ground-floor exhibition room.

The Osaka Tenmangu Shrine Kagura Hall of 1904, linked to the worship hall by a corridor, keeps old forms: boat brackets, sparse double rafters and lattice shutters.

The Osaka Tenmangu Shrine Assembly Hall of 1911 holds 5 rooms between the main hall and Baikaden. Once a waiting room, it now hosts receptions and plum exhibitions.

The Osaka Tenmangu Shrine Baikaden, a 1928 guest hall built for a Michizane festival, has a double-coved lattice ceiling in its east room and now hosts weddings.

Late-Edo North Storehouse of the Okamoto family in Kaizuka, Osaka: 6 ken long, one room inside, doors on two sides and a link to the Zashiki. Registered in 2003.

Meiji-era detached reception wing of the Okamoto family in Kaizuka, Osaka. Though altered, it keeps a fine 8-mat tea room. Registered in 2003; closed to visitors.

The Okamoto soy brewers' mid-Edo townhouse faces Oshita-suji in Kaizuka with a 6-ken frontage. A ridge tag dates its rear wing to 1841; it was registered in 2003.

Westernmost of three Okamoto storehouses in Kaizuka, Osaka, dated by a ridge tag to 1857, it alone keeps its traditional tile roof. Registered 2003; exterior only.

Central Okamoto storehouse in Kaizuka, Osaka, said to date from 1716 to 1736; its old timbers and a later altar room built around it support that. Slate roof now.

A late-Edo clothing store in Hirakata, Osaka: just 2 bays square, yet framed with heavy round logs and given a double plaster band on each gable. Registered 2017.

Built in 1910 as the "northwest store", this Toyonaka storehouse has a plaster karahafu and twin round windows on its gable and now hosts concerts. Registered 2008.

A late-Edo rice store in Hirakata, Osaka: a one-storey clay-walled building with a fire-sealed door canopy, two rooms and drip hoods on its gables. Registered 2017.

A late-Edo headman's farmhouse in Toyonaka, Osaka: 313 square meters with a nine-room raised floor and wide earthen floor, now used for concerts. Registered in 2008.

A late-Edo farmhouse in Hirakata, Osaka: a nine-bay core with a vast earthen floor, four-room raised floor, formal entrance and added guest rooms. Registered 2017.

Dated to 1877 by a prayer talisman, this Toyonaka storehouse has a formal tiled roof, a north door once linked to a guest room and tall board walls. Registered 2008.

A late-Edo gate in Toyonaka, Osaka, between the gatehouse and main house: 4.2 meters wide, with double board doors and eaves on bracket arms. Registered in 2008.

An early-Meiji tool store in Hirakata, Osaka, facing the main house across the yard: a long one-storey clay-walled building with a front canopy. Registered in 2017.

An early-Meiji gatehouse in Hirakata, Osaka, ten bays long, with a former stable, attendants' rooms and deep eaves over a plastered street front. Registered in 2017.

A late-Edo storehouse on the street in Toyonaka, Osaka, whose raised north roof makes one building look like two. Repaired after the 2018 quake, it now holds a café.

A 1928 fuel dealer's shop and home in Himejima, Osaka: house, shop and store in one row behind stepped parapets, scratch-tile walls and a cornice. Registered 2004.