Edo

The shop storehouse of the Buyu brewery in Yuki, Ibaraki. From the late Edo era, it is the town's oldest surviving misegura. A Registered Tangible Cultural Property.

The Fudo-do of Mikkoji Temple in Makabe, Sakuragawa City, Ibaraki Prefecture, is a small but exquisitely detailed late-Edo Buddhist hall registered as a National Tangible Cultural Property in 2004. Reconstructed in 1840, this three-bay-square hall combines a serene pyramidal hip roof with vibrant cage-carved and full-round sculptures around the front porch. Set within the nationally designated historic preservation district of Makabe, the hall offers international visitors a memorable encounter with rural Japanese craftsmanship.

The largest of the eight registered buildings at the Miyamoto compound in Hojo, Tsukuba: a late Edo dwelling of 141 square metres, linked to the shop by a corridor.

A late Edo soy sauce merchant's shop storehouse at Hojo in Tsukuba, plastered to the eaves, with shuttered upper windows. Registered in 2003; how to see it.

The Yaguchi Family Residence North Sleeve Storehouse is a late Edo clay store of 20 square metres, the oldest of nine registered buildings in this Makabe compound.

A late-Edo storehouse at Sakurai in Makabe, moved here around 1892, with an earthen canopy sheltering its door and heavy fire doors at the doorway and gable window.

Yatabe Family Residence Nagayamon Gate in Sakuragawa City, Ibaraki, is a late Edo gatehouse registered in 2000. Hipped roof, barred windows, an 8-mat room within.

Wada Family Residence Ennenro in Mito is the city's oldest tea house, built in 1835 with two tea rooms. Moved twice, it was registered in 2015. Not open to visitors.

Former Inukai Family Residence in Okayama City is the tiled farmhouse where Inukai Tsuyoshi was born. Its main house and storehouse are designated; entry is free.

Inoue Family Residence is the oldest townhouse in Kurashiki's Bikan district, its 1721 frame confirmed by ink inscriptions. Three buildings, open since 2023.

Six buildings of the Former Okuni Family Residence in Wake, Okayama, became an Important Cultural Property in 2004. Its 1760 Main House carries a rare linked roof.

The Ohashi Family Residence in Kurashiki, Okayama, built between 1796 and 1799, became an Important Cultural Property in 1978. Its four buildings and how to visit.

The Ohara merchant house in Kurashiki, whose main house, pavilion and eight storehouses were designated in 1971. Stone path, garden, hours, fees and photo rules.

Built in the 1620s, Okayama Castle Tsukimi Yagura is the only original building on the main bailey: stone-drop hatches face out, tatami and a veranda face in.

Former Katayama Family Residence at Fukiya in Okayama: a bengara pigment merchant's compound of five buildings designated in 2006, with hours and access.

Tsuyama's largest surviving townhouse, a sake brewer's compound of ten buildings designated in 2016. The 28.5 m front, rooftop lookout, storehouses and street views.

A daimyo inn that doubled as a sake brewery in Yakage, Okayama: the 1832 guest wing, a 29.6m sake storehouse and 11 designated buildings, plus hours and access.

A 764.9-metre cut-stone enclosure raised around 1701 at Shizutani School in Bizen City, chiselled to a rounded ridge and still free of weeds after three centuries.

Eleven structures at Shizutani in Bizen City, completed in 1684. The gilt bronze Confucius in the Taiseiden is shown only a few days a year, at the sekisai rite.

Eight structures of 1686 at Shizutani in Bizen City, honouring school founder Ikeda Mitsumasa. Set a terrace below the Confucian shrine as an act of deference.