Meiji

The Shintaku main house of the Iizuka residence in Bato, built around 1907, shows an early modern feel in its orderly plan and refined reception rooms.

The courtyard gate of the Iizuka new residence, built around 1908, links storehouse and main house, enclosing an inner garden behind openwork lattice fences.

A two-story dozo built in 1908 behind the Iizuka main house, this storehouse was plastered even over its timber for fire safety. It is now a loft-style guest room.

Discover Otani Kobikan, a beautifully preserved Meiji-period (1897) wooden photo studio in Kanuma, Tochigi. Built by a young entrepreneur inspired by Kobe's foreign settlement architecture, this Nationally Registered Tangible Cultural Property features a distinctive slant studio with a glass skylight and decorative gable bearing the character for 'beauty.'

The worship gate of Karasawayama Shrine in Sano, Tochigi, was built in 1883 at its founding, the oldest building on the mountain, with plain knotty pillars.

Around the main hall of Karasawayama Shrine in Sano, Tochigi, run the 1909 inner gate and 52-meter openwork fence, their diamond lattice framing the sanctuary.

At the summit of Karasawayama Castle ruins in Sano, Tochigi, the 1909 worship hall of Karasawayama Shrine opens on four sides beneath a graceful copper roof.

On the honmaru of Karasawayama Castle in Sano, Tochigi, stands the 1908 main hall of Karasawayama Shrine, a single-bay nagare-zukuri sanctuary of Meiji design.

The Daiichi Shuzo Former Grain Storehouse in Sano City, Tochigi Prefecture, is a single-story wooden granary built during the Taishō to early Shōwa era (1919–1926) and registered as a National Tangible Cultural Property in 2016. Forming part of the nagayamon gate complex at Tochigi's oldest sake brewery — founded in 1673 — its weatherboard-clad exterior preserves the dignified streetside facade of a historic brewing estate.

The Daiichi Shuzo Sake Brewery Office in Sano City, Tochigi Prefecture, is a nationally Registered Tangible Cultural Property within the compound of Tochigi's oldest brewery, founded in 1673. One of six registered heritage buildings at the site, this office managed the business operations of the renowned Kaika brand sake. The brewery continues its centuries-old tradition of crafting premium sake using pristine local spring water and rice from its own paddies.

Discover Daini Shoten Shop, a nationally Registered Tangible Cultural Property in Tochigi City. This early Meiji-era dozo-style merchant storehouse stands along the historic Nikko Reiheishi Kaido in the charming Kura no Machi district.

The board fence of the Tsukada Residence runs 113 metres along the Uzuma in Tochigi. Its dark planking, tiled cap and five wicket gates form a signature riverside view.

The Tsukada Residence's main house rises on the Uzuma River in Tochigi. Built in late Meiji by timber merchants, its two floors hold sukiya-style rooms, now a museum.

The Bunko Storehouse of the Tsukada Residence in Tochigi is dated 1899 by a beam inscription. A white-plastered, two-storey earthen store, it held records and valuables.

Fujimoto French Kaiseki is a café restaurant housed in the former garage building of F.W. Horn, the American entrepreneur who introduced the phonograph to Japan. Located within the World Heritage area of Nikko, Tochigi Prefecture, this nationally Registered Tangible Cultural Property from the Meiji era features a distinctive bungalow-style stone-and-wood structure where guests can enjoy innovative French-Japanese cuisine made with local Nikko ingredients.

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.

Designed by Sekino Tadashi in 1902, this Important Cultural Property in Nara Park echoes the Byodo-in Phoenix Hall, mixing Japanese, Western, and Islamic design.

The largest building at the Ota brewery in Tatsuta, Ikaruga. This early-Meiji fermentation store on a stone base shows a long western wall and joins the south storehouse.

A large early-Meiji brewing storehouse at the Ota brewery in Tatsuta, Ikaruga. It links the living and brewing blocks and anchors the storehouses that shape the town.

The Hamoto Family Residence Main House, a nationally Registered Tangible Cultural Property in Yamatokoriyama, Nara Prefecture, is an early Meiji-period merchant townhouse featuring refined degoshi lattice windows, mushiko-mado, and exquisite interior joinery crafted by the grandfather of the renowned sashimono master Kawasaki Yūgen.