Meiji

Located in Akebono-cho, Kochi City, the Former Imperial Japanese Army 44th Infantry Regiment Auditorium is a single-storey wooden hall built around 1898-1900 and registered as a national Tangible Cultural Property in 2023. Together with a surviving ammunition depot, it preserves the physical memory of the regiment that sent generations of Kochi men to war for nearly half a century, with king-post trusses and lap-siding walls largely intact.

Located in the Asakura district of Kochi City, the Former Imperial Japanese Army Infantry 44th Regiment Ammunition Depot is a single-story brick building from the Meiji era, registered as a National Registered Tangible Cultural Property in February 2023. With its 50-centimeter-thick brick walls, iron-clad segmental-arch double doors, raised wooden floor for humidity control, and surviving earthen embankment, it stands as one of Japan's rarest surviving examples of late-19th-century military storage architecture. Together with the regiment's Lecture Hall, nearby Asakura Shrine, Asakura Castle ruins, and Kochi University campus, it forms a compelling half-day heritage walk for travelers interested in modern Japanese history.

The Main Hall of Kuwaze Shrine, a National Registered Tangible Cultural Property built in the early Meiji era, stands on a steep mountainside beside Tsubute Falls in Ino Town, Kochi Prefecture. Despite its compact 6.2 m² footprint, the hall features vivid polychrome carvings of dragons, baku, and phoenixes, showcasing remarkable craftsmanship cherished by the local community for generations.

In Aki's Doi Kakuchu quarter, Kochi, this two-storey earthen storehouse shows the Tosa manner: a boarded base, lime plaster, and two tiers of drip tiles. Registered 2005.

In Aki's Doi Kakuchu quarter, Kochi, this late-Meiji house was both doctor's home and clinic, its waiting and consulting rooms beside the family rooms. Registered 2005.

At the southwest corner of this Aki residence, Kochi, a nagayamon joins gate and building, with a passage at one end and four rooms alongside. Registered 2005.

Behind the main house of this Aki residence, Kochi, a small wing stands by the storehouse: an earthen floor, a raised floor, and eaves sheltering a well. Registered 2005.

Along the west edge of this Aki residence, Kochi, the wall joins a Tosa-plaster section and a neribei of river cobbles with old tiles at each end. Registered 2005.

Built in 1890 and relocated around 1917, this 201-square-metre Kochi house wears a hipped tile roof stepped down at the eaves. Registered in 2003, now a guesthouse.

Built in 1876 by porcelain trade merchant Tashiro Josaku as a guesthouse for foreign buyers visiting Arita, this giyōfū (pseudo-Western) building blends a Western colonnade facade with traditional Japanese tatami interiors and a remarkable spiral staircase. Designated a national Important Cultural Property in 2018, it stands within Arita's historic Uchiyama Preservation District, offering a rare window into the international porcelain trade that flourished in early Meiji-era Japan.

A 7.3-metre brick chimney at Amabuki Shuzo in Saga, laid in English bond on a square base. It once drew smoke from the kitchen that fed the seasonal brewery crew.

A late Meiji fermentation warehouse at Amabuki Shuzo in Saga, 39 by 17 metres. Thick earthen walls hold the cold; round log posts and inclined beams carry the roof.

The mid-Meiji main house at Amabuki Shuzo in Saga, where an earthen passage splits office from home. An older storehouse was absorbed into its east half.

The Ushizu Akarengakan in Ogi City, Saga Prefecture, is a two-story red brick warehouse built in the mid-to-late Meiji period as a storehouse for Tanakamaru Shōten, the predecessor of the Tamaya Department Store. Featuring distinctive dentil molding, mixed stone-and-brick ventilation openings, and a rare curved mukuri roof, this National Registered Tangible Cultural Property now serves as a gallery and event venue preserving the commercial heritage of historic Ushizu.

Discover Otanigawa Tunnel, a 92-meter brick river tunnel completed in 1911 in Karatsu, Saga Prefecture. This Registered Tangible Cultural Property features elegant English bond brickwork and a three-centered arch, built entirely by local villagers to protect farmland from flooding.

The Okada Saburōsuke Atelier, relocated and restored within Saga Castle Park, is the oldest surviving atelier of a modern Western-style painter in Japan. Originally built around 1908 in Ebisu, Tokyo, it served as the creative headquarters of Okada Saburōsuke, a recipient of the first Order of Culture in 1937. The complex includes the Women's Western Painting Research Institute, which trained pioneering female artists including Iwasaki Chihiro. Registered as a national Tangible Cultural Property in 2022, it is open to visitors free of charge.

Discover Kuretake Sake Brewery Ichiban-gura, a registered tangible cultural property from the Meiji era in Kashima City, Saga Prefecture. Once the largest sake brewery in Kyushu, this magnificent earthen storehouse stands along the historic Hizen Hamashuku Sake Brewery Street.

Discover Ogi Station on the JR Karatsu Line, a beautifully preserved Meiji-era wooden station building registered as a national tangible cultural property. Explore its coal-transport heritage, calligraphy connections, and the charming castle town of Ogi in Saga Prefecture.

The Kagomodo at Menuma Shoden is a two-story 1879 hall for okomori, secluded prayer at the temple, and the largest of the eight registered structures here.

Menuma Shoden's 1894 Niomon is a five-bay, three-passage gate holding the Nio guardian kings; its carved central beam previews the National Treasure hall.