Edo

Hipped-roof main hall of 1677 at Kannonji, Temple 69 of the Shikoku pilgrimage in Kanonji, Kagawa, which shares its precinct with Temple 68 in a unique pairing.

An 18th-century farmhouse from southern Ehime, now at Shikoku Mura near Yashima. The whole raised floor is split bamboo, and a paper-mulberry kettle survives inside.

Kotohira Shrine's Asahi no Yashiro, the former Golden Hall at step 628, raised in 1837 with carved clouds and panels; an 18-year restoration began in 2024.

Kotohira Shrine's Okushoin, a 1717 residence hall with Itō Jakuchū's 201-flower room and Kishi Gantai's 1844 paintings, usually closed except for special openings.

Kotohira Shrine's Omoteshoin, a 1650s guest hall with Maruyama Ōkyo's tigers and waterfall, and its carved Four-Legged Gate: designation, rooms, hours and fees.

A mid-18th-century thatched farmhouse in Sanuki City, Kagawa, designated in 1971. Its earthen doza floor and bamboo-slat zashiki survive. Free entry, closed Mondays.

Completed in 1660 and designated in 1943, Marugame's keep is the smallest of Japan's twelve original towers, set on its tallest stonework. Open 9:00-16:30, 400 yen.

Late Edo gatehouse range and U-shaped barn of the Awaya Okada merchant house in Sakate, Shodoshima, Kagawa, with tiled gabled roofs, fronting the 1830 main house.

Built in 1818 at Ubushina Shrine in Utazu, Kagawa, this 110 sq m hall sets four rooms in a grid and survives as a trace of the temple that once shared the precincts.

A late Edo goshi house in Takamatsu: a vast shihobuta thatched roof under temporary copper, a formal entrance, 11 rooms and a room for attendants. Private home.

A late Edo earthen wall, 262 m long, around a goshi estate in Takamatsu: white plaster on stone, dressed on the street side, packed by the moat, curving at a corner.

A late Edo gatehouse fronting a goshi estate in Takamatsu: 26.3 m long, hip-and-gable tiled roof, high latticed windows, a reputed carpenter's room. Seen from road.

Brick main gate of 1922 of a former girls' school in Zentsuji, Kagawa, built to mark the Army grand manoeuvres, with brick piers on granite bases and granite caps.

The Red Gate at Kamebishi in Hikita, Kagawa is a hipped-and-gabled gate abutting the No. 13 store; painted red ochre, it was remade from an 1843 row gate.

Kamebishi's former main house in Hikita, Kagawa, built in 1780, is now its office, shop and exhibition, and the largest of the brewery's 18 registered buildings.

The No. 11 warehouse at Kamebishi in Hikita, Kagawa is a late-Edo soy store recorded in the family's records as raised in 1807, from the founding era.

The No. 10 warehouse at Kamebishi in Hikita, Kagawa now stores moromi; its unusually high interior suggests it began as a brewing hall on the eastern edge.

The No. 14 warehouse at Kamebishi in Hikita, Kagawa is a late-Edo soy store recorded as raised around 1801, among the oldest of the 18 registered buildings.

Granite fence of the late Edo period at Sarureo Shrine in Marugame, Kagawa, 20 metres long, enclosing the top of the sacred burial mound and opening to the hall.

Stone torii of 1830 at Sarureo Shrine in Marugame, Kagawa, standing halfway up the shrine steps, with inward-leaning pillars, an upswept top beam and a carved date.