Meiji
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The Nikko Kanaya Hotel New Building of 1904 hangs its upper floor from the roof truss on iron rods, leaving a column-free banquet hall of about 270 sq m below.
The Nikko Kanaya Hotel Main Building opened in 1893 as two storeys; in 1936 the ground was dug out to add an Oya stone floor below. Its lobby is open to everyone.
The former garage of the Horn residence in Nikko, Tochigi, a late Meiji building of stone below and shingled timber above in a bungalow style, is a restaurant.
A rear gate, fence and tile shed of about 1907 at a Mibu estate in Tochigi: a 2.3 m yakuimon gate with a 30 m board fence and a small shed. Registered 2013; private.
A zelkova yakuimon gate of about 1907 on Rangaku-dori in Mibu, Tochigi: 4.9 m wide, with three-block brackets and carving. Registered 2013; visible from the street.
An earthen-walled storehouse of about 1907 in Mibu, Tochigi, with white plaster and a fire band under the eaves, renovated in 2010 and now lived in. Registered 2013.
The middle of three earthen-walled storehouses of about 1907 in Mibu, Tochigi, its northern half left open to the roof for storing grain. Registered 2013; private.
An earthen-walled 2-story storehouse of about 1907 in Mibu, Tochigi, once used as a bank's document store, with stepped earthen shutters. Registered 2013; private.
A Nationally Registered Tangible Cultural Property in Yamato-chō, Tochigi City, this late-Meiji black-plastered earthen-walled storehouse stands along the historic Reiheishi Kaidō highway. Paired with the neighbouring Kezuka Paper Store, it forms one of the most distinctive views in the "Little Edo" Kura no Machi district and still operates as a working furniture shop today.
Built in 1903 as a middle school main building, Moka High School Memorial Hall keeps its weatherboarding and sash windows, and was lifted whole for a new foundation.
Built in 1891 for an Ashikaga silk dealer, this two-storey shopfront keeps granite-dressed window sills and was hauled four metres back in 1978. Registered in 2005.
This 1909 stone warehouse in Tochigi City stored the hemp the Yokoyama family shipped by river barge. Its Kanuma tuff walls and roof trusses show Western influence.
Built in 1909 beside the Uzuma River in Tochigi City, this timber shop and house held a ramie wholesale business in one half and a family bank in the other.
Completed in 1910 opposite its twin, this Tochigi City stone storehouse held the Yokoyama family records. Brick eaves and two tones of stone mark its refinement.
Built in late Meiji as the Nikko summer house of F. W. Horn, who brought the gramophone to Japan, this villa is walled entirely in andesite from the Inari River.
Once the maids' quarters of an American trader's late-Meiji Nikko estate, this low stone building is coursed in Inari River andesite right up into its gable ends.
An early Meiji brewery dwelling in Oyama, Tochigi, registered in 2007. Matted rooms fill the east half, an earthen hearth floor the west, a chimney breaks the roof.
An early Meiji rice-polishing house in Oyama, Tochigi, registered in 2007. Alone of the three buildings here, it was listed for its role in the historic landscape.
An early Meiji bottling house in Oyama, Tochigi, registered in 2007. Perimeter posts set every half-ken carry a mezzanine and upper floor built for sacks and crates.
Behind the worship hall of Omiwa Shrine stands the Mitsu Torii, three torii joined as one. Revered in place of a sanctuary, the 1883 gate marks the sacred mountain.