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Gokurakuji Temple Priests' Quarters
Niigata 江戸
Gokurakuji Temple Priests' Quarters

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.

Gokurakuji Temple Main Gate
Niigata 江戸
Gokurakuji Temple Main Gate

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.

Gokurakuji Temple Shoin
Niigata 江戸
Gokurakuji Temple Shoin

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.

Gokurakuji Temple Bell Tower
Niigata 江戸
Gokurakuji Temple Bell Tower

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.

Gokurakuji Temple Main Hall
Niigata 江戸
Gokurakuji Temple Main Hall

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 Temple Scripture House
Niigata 江戸
Saieiji Temple Scripture House

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 Temple Priests' Quarters and Corridors
Niigata 江戸
Saieiji Temple Priests' Quarters and Corridors

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 Temple Bell Tower
Niigata 江戸
Saieiji Temple Bell Tower

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 Temple Main Hall
Niigata 江戸
Saieiji Temple Main Hall

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.

Saito Family Residence Storehouse
Niigata 江戸
Saito Family Residence Storehouse

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.

Jikoji Temple Corridor
Niigata 江戸
Jikoji Temple Corridor

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.

Jikoji Temple Sutra Repository
Niigata 江戸
Jikoji Temple Sutra Repository

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.

Jikoji Temple Priests' Quarters
Niigata 江戸
Jikoji Temple Priests' Quarters

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.

Jikoji Temple Kokuzo Hall
Niigata 江戸
Jikoji Temple Kokuzo Hall

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.

Jikoji Temple Main Gate
Niigata 江戸
Jikoji Temple Main Gate

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.

Jikoji Temple Zen Hall and Common Quarters
Niigata 江戸
Jikoji Temple Zen Hall and Common Quarters

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.

Jikoji Temple Main Hall
Niigata 江戸
Jikoji Temple Main Hall

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.

Jokyoji Temple Main Gate
Niigata 江戸
Jokyoji Temple Main Gate

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.

Jokyoji Temple Bell Tower
Niigata 江戸
Jokyoji Temple Bell Tower

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.

Jokyoji Temple Main Hall
Niigata 江戸
Jokyoji Temple Main Hall

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.