Important Cultural Property of Osaka

The Izumianashi Shrine Auxiliary Kasuga Shrine Main Hall is a small kasuga-zukuri hall dated to about 1602, though older details hint it may predate that era.

With a ridge beam dated 1273, the Izumianashi Shrine Auxiliary Sumiyoshi Shrine Main Hall is said to be the oldest shrine sanctuary in Osaka Prefecture.

Rebuilt by Toyotomi Hideyori in 1602, the Izumianashi Shrine Main Hall joins two small sanctuaries for a married pair of deities, each with its own gable and steps.

Osaka Castle's 13 designated buildings, from the 1620 Sengan and Inui turrets to the granite gunpowder magazine and Tamon Turret, with 2026 opening dates and prices.

Osaka's Former Ogata Kōan Residence, known as Tekijuku, is Japan's only surviving Dutch studies academy. Designated in 1964, it is open daily except Mondays.

Built in 1442 beside the Kashii River in Izumisano, Ogami Shrine's main hall is Osaka's oldest kasuga-style hall, with a rare karahafu gable over its front eaves.

On the old Kishū highway in Izumisano, the Oku Family Residence preserves a 1727 main house, a long gatehouse and storehouses. Designated 1969; no regular opening.

The main hall of Katano Shrine in Hirakata, Osaka, is a three-bay nagare-style hall of 1602 roofed in cypress bark, with Momoyama gates protected by the prefecture.

The main hall of Katano Tenjin Shrine in Hirakata, Osaka, a nagare-style hall dated 1402 by its ridge tag, is with its neighbour the oldest building in the city.

The hall of the Hachiman sub-shrine at Katano Tenjin Shrine in Hirakata, Osaka, a mid-Muromachi nagare-style hall, is one of the oldest buildings in the city.

The Onshi Lecture Hall of Kanshinji in Kawachinagano, Osaka, was built in 1930 from the imperial banquet hall of the 1928 enthronement, its ceiling intact.

The Kariteimoten Hall of Kanshinji in Kawachinagano, Osaka, a one-bay kasuga-style shrine of 1549 with a cusped front gable, is the temple's guardian shrine.

The shoin of Kanshinji in Kawachinagano, Osaka, built in 1647, is the reception hall of the main residence, a hip-and-gable building of the early Edo period.

The Tatekake Pagoda of Kanshinji in Kawachinagano, Osaka, built in 1502, stops at its first storey under a thatched pyramid roof, sturdy and fine in its timbers.

Gansenji in Kaizuka, Osaka, governed a self-ruling temple town and briefly headed Honganji. Its main hall, gate, and drum tower are Important Cultural Properties.

The Romon of Kyuan-ji in Ikeda, Osaka, is an early-15th-century temple gate and the oldest building on the grounds, mixing native wayo with Zen-style carving.

The stone hokyoin stupa at Kinzenji in Toyonaka, Osaka, made in 1349, is a three-tiered stone stupa that was designated an Important Cultural Property in 1961.

The main hall of Kusabe Shrine in Sakai, Osaka, an early Muromachi building, is gabled at the front and hip-and-gable at the back, an Important Cultural Property.

Kumata Shrine's First Hall in Osaka was built in 1690 for Kasuga Taisha in Nara and moved here in 1711, a single-bay kasuga-zukuri Important Cultural Property.

Three main halls stand in a row at Kumata Jinja in Osaka. The Third Hall, built in 1513 in single-bay Kasuga style, ranks among the city's oldest wooden buildings.

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