Edo

Ashida Family Residence Stone Wall and Earthen Wall, a late Edo retaining wall 2.5 m high in Tanba, Hyogo, of fieldstone and random masonry under an earthen wall.

A late Edo roofed washing place on the river through the Hirao estate in Morio, Toyooka: 5 stone steps cut into the embankment under a light 3.9-metre shelter.

Late Edo embankments lining the river through the Hirao estate in Morio, Toyooka: 148 metres of granite, basalt and fieldstone framing the house across the water.

Running 164 metres along the Ajiwara River in Hamasaka, Hyogo, this wall mixes rough Edo masonry with cut stone of 1912 and keeps a boat landing and steps.

A later Edo noh stage at Tomari Shrine in Kakogawa, Hyogo, registered in 2008, with a 4.9-metre main stage, side and rear stages, a bridgeway and bold exposed beams.

A late Edo offering hall at Tomari Shrine in Kakogawa, Hyogo, registered in 2008, linking the kagura hall to the main hall, with a single tatami room inside.

A National Treasure at Kobe's Hakutsuru Museum: seventy-one scrolls of Nirvana Sutra commentary, fifty-four copied in Tang China, the rest later Japanese additions.

On Hokkaido's Sea of Japan coast, the Sasanami house is the island's oldest surviving folk dwelling, raised in the early 1800s by a family of herring net owners.

The Former Shimoyoichi Unjoya in Yoichi, Hokkaido, built in 1853, is the only survivor of the trading posts the Matsumae domain set up across the island.

The main hall of Shogyoji in Akkeshi, Hokkaido, built in 1799 at Itoigawa in Niigata and moved here in 1910, keeps rich carvings and colour rare in Hokkaido temples.

The main hall of Jokokuji in Kaminokuni, Hokkaido, a Jodo temple hall of 1758 below the Katsuyama fort, is one of the few Buddhist halls in Hokkaido this old.

An Edo tea room attributed to Kobori Enshu, carried from Omi to Sapporo in the 1920s. Its eight windows and red pine central pillar survive in Nakajima Park.

A turret gate of 1853 and the only building left from Fukuyama Castle, the last in the Japanese style. Free to view year-round inside Matsumae Park, Hokkaido.

A mid-Edo four-legged gate with a hand-split shingle roof at a Soto Zen temple in Matsumae, among Hokkaido's oldest temple buildings. Designated in 1993.

Founded in 1625 in Hokkaido's southwestern town of Matsumae, Ryūun-in is a Sōtō Zen temple that uniquely survived the Hakodate War with its Edo-period buildings completely intact. Its main hall, priest's quarters, bell tower, and storehouse — designated Important Cultural Properties of Japan — together preserve a rare and complete late-Edo temple precinct, blending the carving artistry of Echigo masters with the craftsmanship of local Matsumae carpenters.

Kumagai Family Residence Main House in Hokuto is a late Edo townhouse registered in 2006. Its sheet-iron roof and restored earth floor show Donan building practice.

The Main House of the Former Yanagawa Residence, an 1807 townhouse built by a Kishu lacquer wholesaler in Kuroe, now stands at Kii Fudoki no Oka in Wakayama City.

The Kongobuji Temple designation covers nine Danjo Garan halls on Mount Koya, from the 1834 Saito pagoda to the 1883 Juntei-do, with notes on access to the Mieido.

The Kongobuji Temple Daimon Gate, rebuilt in 1705 at Mount Koya's western edge, stands 25.1 meters tall with giant Nio guardians. Free to view; see what to look for.

Two ornate spirit halls for Ieyasu and Hidetada form the Kongobuji Temple Tokugawa Family Mausoleum on Mount Koya. Dates, decoration, fees and opening hours.