Registered Tangible Cultural Properties of Shiga

The main hall of Takamiya Shrine in Shigaraki, Koka, built in 1859 by a master carpenter from Hachiman, is a fine medium-sized one-bay nagare-style shrine hall.

A 64-square-metre reception room in Aisho Town, Shiga, built in 1878 for the Meiji Emperor's rest stop and moved by hikiya in 1911. Registered in December 2000.

An 1911 timber banquet hall of 183 square metres in Aisho Town, Shiga, with six ten-mat rooms, boat-bottom ceilings and flanking corridors. Registered in 2000.

The first torii of Tarobogu Aga Shrine in Higashiomi, Shiga, a great stone torii of 1894, marks the start of the approach and frames the mountain beyond.

The Eianden of Tarobogu Aga Shrine in Higashiomi, Shiga, a two-storey kagura hall and office of 1907 below the cliff, links to the worship hall by an upper veranda.

The ema hall of Tarobogu Aga Shrine in Higashiomi, Shiga, designed in 1925 by a Nara Prefecture engineer, is a plain, orderly hall at the foot of the precinct.

The kagura hall of Tarobogu Aga Shrine in Higashiomi, Shiga, a mid-Meiji hall behind the worship hall with a coffered ceiling, forms the heart of the precinct.

The ritual storehouse of Tarobogu Aga Shrine in Higashiomi, Shiga, built in 1938, is a plastered two-storey storehouse facing the Chorakuden across the steps.

The worship pavilion of Tarobogu Aga Shrine in Higashiomi, Shiga, built in 1924, merges with the main hall under a complex copper roofscape that crowns the precinct.

The amulet office of Tarobogu Aga Shrine in Higashiomi, Shiga, a tiny mid-Meiji building at the foot of the steps, has its back set into a hollow in the rock face.

The middle gate of Tarobogu Aga Shrine in Higashiomi, Shiga, built in 1934 on a landing of the steps, is an open gate made entirely of granite with a stone roof.

The Chorakuden of Tarobogu Aga Shrine in Higashiomi, Shiga, a 1930 meeting hall below the cliff, has a cusped-gable entrance, a stair wing and a basement kitchen.

The purification pavilion of Tarobogu Aga Shrine in Higashiomi, Shiga, built in 1911 on a rock ledge, uses revivalist details to mark the sacred entrance.

The copper torii of Tarobogu Aga Shrine in Higashiomi, Shiga, put up in 1957 before the rock cleft to the main hall, symbolizes the old worship of sacred rocks.

The worship hall of Tarobogu Aga Shrine in Higashiomi, Shiga, from the late Edo period, is an open hall at the foot of the rock peak and a rare early building there.

The stage of Tarobogu Aga Shrine in Higashiomi, Shiga, built in 1880, juts from a rock ledge on a braced timber frame, forming the open space before the main hall.

The Fudo Myoo pavilion of Tarobogu Aga Shrine in Higashiomi, Shiga, built in 1930 entirely of granite, has even its ridge and end tiles carved in stone.

The main hall of Tarobogu Aga Shrine in Higashiomi, Shiga, built in 1753 on the flank of a rock peak, is a small hip-and-gable hall rich in carved beasts.

Rebuilt in 1960 on the old Tokaido at Tsuchiyama-shuku, this black-plastered main house reuses posts from the earlier honjin inn in its latticed front. Listed 2023.

A tiny late Edo rice store at the old Tsuchiyama honjin in Shiga, built as a seirogura of stacked planks, then plastered and clad in boards. Registered in 2023.

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