Edo

Jomanji Temple Main Gate in Inuyama, Aichi, was a rear gate of Inuyama Castle, moved to this temple lane in 1877 and registered in 2007. A single-bay yakuimon.

Jomanji Temple Bell Tower of 1796, in the castle town of Inuyama, Aichi, was registered in 2007. One bay square, open on all sides, on a flared hakamagoshi base.

The Shirai Family Residence Main House at Kō in Toyokawa is a late Edo sake brewer's townhouse with a low half-storey and two bands of lattice, registered in 2004.

The Shinshu Otani-ha Nagoya Betsuin East Gate and Earthen Wall is a late Edo koraimon in central Nagoya, the one structure to survive the 1945 air raid.

The Zuihoin Main Hall and Priests' Quarters, built in 1813 at Myokoji and moved into central Ichinomiya in 1915 after the Nobi earthquake, was registered in 2021.

A late Edo townhouse in Isshiki, Nishio, registered in 2022. A drawing dated 1849 matches its six-room farmhouse plan, and the altar room has a raised bay.

A late Edo reception wing at Zengyoji in Nagoya, registered in 2018. Its shikidai porch, lattice gable and cusped windows mark a temple that received guests of rank.

Zengyoji Temple Main Gate in Nagoya is a four-legged gate of 1755, dated by a surviving ridge tablet naming its carpenter. Stacked arched beams; registered in 2018.

Late Edo in date, Zengyoji Temple Drum Tower carries a pyramidal turret off-centre on a gabled roof and began life as a storehouse below. Registered in 2018.

Built in 1706 in Nagoya, Zengyoji Temple Main Hall omits the columns of its outer worship area beneath a latticed coffered ceiling. Registered in 2018.

Built in 1689, Sennenji Temple Priests' Quarters in Inuyama, Aichi, is a 21-meter gable-entry kuri with formal rooms west, family rooms east. Registered 2007.

Sennenji Temple Main Hall in Inuyama, Aichi, was built in 1673. Its Jodo-sect plan of veranda, outer and inner sanctuaries survives, and it was registered in 2007.

Zenryuji Temple Shichimen Hall in Okazaki, Aichi, is a late Edo hall to the deity Shichimen. Narrow and deep, it carries bracketed, polychrome work at the sanctuary.

Zenryuji Temple Main Hall in Okazaki, Aichi, dates from 1734. This 184-square-metre Nichiren hall holds a Zen-style altar platform, and was registered in 2015.

Sogakuji Temple Main Hall in Nagoya, built in 1866 by master carpenter Ito Heizaemon VIII, has a columnless outer sanctuary and full coffered ceiling. Visiting tips.

Standing on the mid-slope of historic Mount Komaki in Aichi Prefecture, Sōsuikan is a refined single-story wooden zashiki hall built in 1888 as a guest reception facility and later owned by the Owari Tokugawa family. Restored to its original 1888 appearance in 2022 and registered as a Nationally Registered Tangible Cultural Property in August 2025, the hipped-roof, tile-roofed building with its formal shikidai entrance offers visitors a graceful encounter with Meiji-era hospitality architecture.

Built in 1814 as a hatamoto's headquarters and moved to Suzawa in 1869, the Takigawa Family Residence Main House is a rare surviving jinya, registered in 2005.

Raised in 1763, half a century before the main house arrived, the Takigawa Family Residence Nagayamon Gate keeps its barred window and studded camphor doors.

Just 0.1 square metres, the Takigawa Family Residence Hokora Shrine has its base, niche and roof each cut from a single stone. Dated to 1525, registered in 2005.

Taki Shrine's 1672 main hall in Shinshiro, Aichi, is a one-bay structure of just 2.4 square metres, registered in 2013 and set within a protective covering hall.