Edo

Discover the Koshoji Five-Story Pagoda, a nationally designated Important Cultural Property built in 1808. Located in Nagoya's Yagoto district, this elegant late Edo-period wooden pagoda is the only one remaining in the entire Tokai region.

One of the four Kannon temples guarding Nagoya Castle, Jimokuji in Ama, Aichi preserves a pagoda of 1627 and an east gate of 1634, designated nationally in 1953.

Discover Jo-an, one of only three National Treasure teahouses in Japan. Built in 1618 by tea master Oda Uraku, younger brother of Oda Nobunaga, this masterpiece of tea ceremony architecture awaits in the serene Uraku-en Garden beside Inuyama Castle, Aichi Prefecture.

Rebuilt in the Keian era of the 1640s, the Main Hall of Shokaiji in Inazawa, Aichi, sets an early Edo frame around a Kamakura altar platform and ceiling.

The Former Shoden-in Shoin in Urakuen, Inuyama, Aichi, built around 1618 as a retreat for the tea master Oda Urakusai. It stands beside the Jo-an teahouse.

Ordered by the third shogun Iemitsu and finished in 1646, Takisan Tosho-gu in Okazaki keeps its main hall, gate and other buildings in vivid lacquer and colour.

On Mt. Hōrai in Aichi, this shrine to Tokugawa Ieyasu is tied to a legend of his birth. Its cypress-bark halls of 1651 are an Important Cultural Property.

Discover the Horaiji Niomon Gate, an Important Cultural Property built by Shogun Tokugawa Iemitsu in 1651. Explore intricate carvings, 1,425 stone steps, and the spiritual beauty of Mt. Horaiji in Shinshiro, Aichi Prefecture.

The Former Hotta Family Residence in Tsushima, Aichi, is an Owari merchant townhouse of 1765 and 1770, designated in 1978. Three storehouses and a tea room survive.

Discover Mandara-ji Shoin, an Important Cultural Property in Konan, Aichi. This Muromachi-style shoin reception hall served as a war council site before the Battle of Sekigahara and hosted shogunal inspectors during the Edo period. Visit during the famous Wisteria Festival.

Discover Mandaraji Temple's Main Hall (Shodo), an Important Cultural Property in Konan City, Aichi. Built in 1632 with a design inspired by the Imperial Shishinden, this Jodo sect temple also offers spectacular wisteria gardens each spring.

The Omoya of the Mochizuki Family Residence in Shinshiro, Aichi, is a late 18th-century thatched dwelling block whose fire, earth floor and stable stand next door.

Rokusho Shrine in Okazaki City, Aichi Prefecture, is a historic Shinto shrine revered as the guardian deity of Tokugawa Ieyasu's birthplace. Five of its buildings — the Main Hall, Offering Hall, Worship Hall, Divine Kitchen, and Tower Gate — are designated Important Cultural Properties of Japan. Built under the patronage of the third Shogun Tokugawa Iemitsu, these structures showcase stunning polychrome decorations and gongen-zukuri architecture rivaling the splendor of Nikko Toshogu.

The Asahi Shrine Lattice Wall, a banbei screen of 1809 beside a torii in central Nagoya, was registered in 2022. Its lattice, copper roof and access explained.

Anchoji Sanmon in Toyota City, Aichi, is an 1832 temple gate registered in 2017. Its upper floor held a Buddhist altar, not a bell, a form rare at Shinshu temples.

A late Edo mud-walled storehouse at the rear of a townhouse plot in Inuyama, Aichi. Two storeys, 59 square metres, round-log posts, a deep eave over the doors.

A late Edo townhouse facing Honmachi in Inuyama, Aichi. 175 square metres, with an earth-floored passage, two rows of rooms and a low half-storey. Registered 2005.

The ōiden of Ushida Hachiman Shrine in Chiryu, Aichi, built around 1856, encloses the older honden and is shaped like a full main hall with a carved canopy.

At Ushida Hachiman Shrine in Chiryu, Aichi, a small Edo-period honden sits within a covering hall, anchoring a rare line of four halls registered in 2024.

On Honmachi-dori, which climbs to Inuyama Castle, this late-Edo townhouse is unusually broad at 11.8 meters, its face black plaster behind lattice. Listed 2004.