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Chiryu Shrine Main Hall
Aichi 江戸
Chiryu Shrine Main Hall

The 1831 main hall of Chiryu Shrine in Aichi is a cypress-bark sanctuary beside the old Tokaido, registered, not designated, near a famed pagoda and festival.

Tokujuji Temple Main Gate
Aichi 江戸
Tokujuji Temple Main Gate

Tokujuji Temple Main Gate in Inuyama, Aichi, is an early Edo yakuimon with red-painted timbers. City records place the southern limit of the castle town right here.

Tomita Family Residence Mokunansha
Aichi 江戸
Tomita Family Residence Mokunansha

Built in 1827 for the deputy of the Motojuku jin'ya in Okazaki, Aichi, Mokunansha works samurai timbers into a farmhouse plan. Registered in 2020, now a restaurant.

Nakamura Family Residence Main House
Aichi 江戸
Nakamura Family Residence Main House

An 1843 farmhouse on the old Ina Kaido in Toyokawa, with a low tsushi attic, a pantiled gable roof and a sunken mulberry pit. Registered in 2022 and privately owned.

Narumi Tegashi Shrine Benten Hall
Aichi 江戸
Narumi Tegashi Shrine Benten Hall

The 1865 Benten hall on a spring-fed pond at Narumi Tegashi Shrine in Inuyama, Aichi, the oldest building there, with painted ceiling panels. Registered property.

Nyoiji Temple Gate
Aichi 江戸
Nyoiji Temple Gate

The gate of Nyoiji in Toyota, Aichi, a four-legged gate of the late Edo period, faces the main hall with round posts, panelled doors and a fine coffered ceiling.

Nyoiji Temple Shoin
Aichi 江戸
Nyoiji Temple Shoin

The shoin of Nyoiji in Toyota, Aichi, from the late Edo period, is said to have been a temporary hall while the main hall was built, and keeps three rooms in a row.

Nyoiji Temple Bell Tower
Aichi 江戸
Nyoiji Temple Bell Tower

The bell tower of Nyoiji in Toyota, Aichi, built in about 1755 on a stone base, has inward-leaning posts and a diamond-framed panel ceiling ringed with coffering.

Nyoiji Temple Drum Tower
Aichi 江戸
Nyoiji Temple Drum Tower

The drum tower of Nyoiji in Toyota, Aichi, from the late Edo period, carries a crosswise drum turret on its roof, with a tea room and store inside below.

Nyoiji Temple Main Hall
Aichi 江戸
Nyoiji Temple Main Hall

The main hall of Nyoiji in Toyota, Aichi, built in about 1823, is a seven-bay Shin Buddhist hall with a wide porch and a raised coffered ceiling over its sanctuary.

Haneda Hachimangu Storehouse (former Haneda Hachimangu Library)
Aichi 江戸
Haneda Hachimangu Storehouse (former Haneda Hachimangu Library)

A modest 1848 storehouse in Toyohashi holding the Hada Hachimangu Bunko, an Edo-era library that lent books to the public and prefigured Japan's public libraries.

Hada Hachimangu Shrine Office Annex (Former Hadano Family Residence Main House)
Aichi 江戸
Hada Hachimangu Shrine Office Annex (Former Hadano Family Residence Main House)

The Hada Hachimangu Shrine Office Annex in Toyohashi, Aichi, is a mid-Edo house moved twice, in 1812 and again by the 1920s, and registered in 2000 for its design.

Hada Hachimangu Gate (Former Hada Hachimangu Library Main Gate)
Aichi 江戸
Hada Hachimangu Gate (Former Hada Hachimangu Library Main Gate)

Hada Hachimangu Gate, on a shrine approach in Toyohashi, Aichi, is a plain bracket gate of 1848 about 3 meters wide, marking where a noted library once stood.

Hassho Shrine Worship Hall
Aichi 江戸
Hassho Shrine Worship Hall

Hassho Shrine Worship Hall in Toyokawa, Aichi, is an 1826 hip-and-gable haiden of 24 square meters, standing inside the precinct of Zaikaji, a Shingon temple.

Hassho Shrine Main Hall
Aichi 江戸
Hassho Shrine Main Hall

Hassho Shrine Main Hall in Toyokawa, Aichi, is a one-bay nagare-zukuri sanctuary of 1724. Just 0.8 square meters, it carries full-scale gable carpentry.

Banjo Brewery Inner Well
Aichi 江戸
Banjo Brewery Inner Well

The Banjo Brewery Inner Well in Otakacho, Nagoya, is a pair of late Edo stone shafts 2.5 meters across and about 8 meters deep, registered in July 2007.

Banjo Brewery Former Brewing Storehouse and Barrel Repair Shop
Aichi 江戸
Banjo Brewery Former Brewing Storehouse and Barrel Repair Shop

The Banjo Brewery Former Brewing Storehouse and Barrel Repair Shop in Otakacho, Nagoya, is a late Edo storehouse of 108 square meters, registered in 2007.

Banjo Brewery Middle Storehouse
Aichi 江戸
Banjo Brewery Middle Storehouse

The Banjo Brewery Middle Storehouse in Otakacho, Nagoya, is a late Edo fermentation hall of 343 square meters, oldest of the three halls, registered in 2007.

Fumonji Temple Juo-Do Hall
Aichi 江戸
Fumonji Temple Juo-Do Hall

Raised in 1852, the Juo-do at Fumonji is a small hall to the Ten Kings who judge the dead. Registered in 2025, it was listed for its part in the historic landscape.

Fumonji Temple Bell Tower Gate
Aichi 江戸
Fumonji Temple Bell Tower Gate

Built in 1707, the Fumonji Shoromon holds its temple bell inside a two-story gate, a form rare in East Mikawa. It still sounds its year-end bell by daylight.