Edo

The priests' quarters of a Jodo temple in Kashiwazaki, built 1751 to 1830: a gabled, farmhouse-like kuri with a doma and a large tatami room. Registered 2011.

A later Edo gate at the north edge of a Kashiwazaki temple: 2.7 metres wide, with its ridge set midway between main and rear posts, brackets and a carved gable.

A late Edo reception wing linking the kitchen block and main hall of a Kashiwazaki temple: two 8-mat rooms, an alcove, desk alcove and black-lacquered ceiling.

An open late Edo belfry in Kashiwazaki: 4 inward-leaning round columns on a tall stone base, three-block brackets, frog-leg struts and a coffered ceiling. Reg. 2011.

Built in 1758 and enlarged in 1809, this 343-square-metre Jodo hall in Kashiwazaki, Niigata, has a karahafu porch and 8 rooms in two rows. Registered in 2011.

Saieiji Kyozo in Tokamachi, Niigata, is a mud-walled sutra repository of about 1848. Just 13 square metres, it holds an altar and scripture shelves. Registered 2000.

Saieiji Kuri and Corridor in Tokamachi, Niigata, is a two-storey temple residence of about 1848, joined to the main hall. Its shoin rooms survive. Registered 2000.

Saieiji Shoro in Tokamachi, Niigata, is a 9.2 square metre belfry of about 1848 on a high platform. Its bell still sounds daily at eleven. Registered 2000.

Saieiji Hondo in Tokamachi, Niigata, is a Shinshu main hall rebuilt in 1848 after fire. It is 19 metres wide, with a deeply carved porch. Registered in 2000.

A late Edo storehouse said to have been moved to Sekiya around 1845. Its placed roof sits free above plastered walls, a fire defence. Registered in 2000. Not open.

The Jikoji Temple Corridor in Gosen, Niigata, runs 27.8 metres off the main gate: a white plaster wall with bell-shaped windows outside, open posts inside, late Edo.

The Jikoji Temple Sutra Repository in Gosen, Niigata, is a 1794 storehouse by the temple entrance, holding an octagonal revolving sutra case and a small shrine.

The Jikoji Temple Priests' Quarters in Gosen, Niigata, went up in 1759, four years before the main hall: an abbot's room, kitchen shrine and cook's quarters in one.

The Jikoji Temple Kokuzo Hall in Bessho, Gosen, lies 5 km from the main temple: a 1754 pyramid-roofed hall with an unusual interior and a February lantern festival.

The Jikoji Temple Main Gate in Gosen, Niigata, dates from 1785: a vermilion eight-legged Zen-style gate in a plain-wood compound, flanked by the Four Heavenly Kings.

In Gosen, Niigata, the Jikoji Temple Zen Hall and Common Quarters holds a meditation hall with sitting platforms and the monks' study rooms under one late Edo roof.

Built in 1763 after a fire, the Jikoji Temple Main Hall in Gosen, Niigata, is a six-room Soto Zen hall with an earth-floored veranda and a founder's hall on posts.

Painted with red bengara and known locally as the Akamon, Jokyoji Temple Main Gate is a late Edo yakuimon with a bold carved gable strut; it was registered in 2025.

Built in 1792 southeast of the main hall, Jokyoji Temple Bell Tower has tall leaning posts on a stone base and a carved strut on its west face only; registered 2025.

Built in 1731 in Joetsu's temple quarter, Jokyoji Temple Main Hall has a classic Shin Buddhist plan and a gilded dharma-wheel transom; it was registered in 2025.