Registered Tangible Cultural Properties of Shiga

Built for sacred dance offered to the kami, the Meiji-era Kagura Hall of Tarobogu Aga Shrine is a compact copper-roofed hall listed as a Cultural Property in 2019.

Built in 1938, the Saikiko of Tarobogu Aga Shrine is a two-story dozo whose thick earthen walls guard ritual implements from fire. Listed as a Cultural Property in 2019.

Joined to the Main Hall on Mount Akagami, the 1924 Prayer Hall lets pilgrims worship the kami of victory at the sanctuary's edge. Listed as a Cultural Property in 2019.

At 2.9 square metres, the Meiji-era Amulet Office is Tarobogu Aga Shrine's smallest registered building, offering victory amulets. Listed as a Cultural Property in 2019.

Built in 1934, the stone Inner Gate of Tarobogu Aga Shrine marks a threshold toward the upper precinct of Mount Akagami. Listed as a Cultural Property in 2019.

Completed in 1930, the Choraku-den is Tarobogu Aga Shrine's largest hall, blending timber and reinforced concrete on a steep slope. Listed as a Cultural Property in 2019.

Built in 1911, the Purification Pavilion of Tarobogu Aga Shrine is where visitors cleanse before worship, a copper-roofed pavilion listed as a Cultural Property in 2019.

Erected in 1957 with copper over a timber core, the Copper Torii of Tarobogu Aga Shrine marks a threshold on Mount Akagami. Listed as a Cultural Property in 2019.

High on Mount Akagami, the late-Edo Worship Hall of Tarobogu Aga Shrine is where pilgrims pray. Its timber and copper roof earned a 2019 Cultural Property listing.

Built in 1880 in kake-zukuri style, the Stage of Tarobogu Aga Shrine juts 13 metres over the Koto plain, a cliff-hung platform listed as a Cultural Property in 2019.

Built in 1930, the stone Fudo Myoo Prayer Site of Tarobogu Aga Shrine recalls its Shugendo past. Hard to recreate, it was listed as a Cultural Property in 2019.

On Mount Akagami's rock face, the 1753 Main Hall of Tarobogu Aga Shrine honours a kami of victory. Its carved irimoya hall was registered as a Cultural Property in 2019.

The Niki Family Residence Western-style Building in Konan, Koka City, Shiga Prefecture, is a two-story wooden Western-style house built in 1923 by a Kobe carpenter. Featuring half-timbered gable walls, German plaster exteriors, and classical columned entrance, it was registered as a national Tangible Cultural Property in 1997.

The Main Hall of Saifukuji Temple in Higashiomi City, Shiga Prefecture, is a nationally Registered Tangible Cultural Property built in 1862 during the late Edo period. This Jodo-shu (Pure Land) Buddhist hall features an imposing hip-and-gable tiled roof, a classic floor plan with outer hall, inner sanctuary, and flanking chambers, and fine decorative carvings characteristic of the bakumatsu era.

Standing on Vories Street in Imazu, Takashima City, Shiga Prefecture, Imazu Church of the United Church of Christ in Japan is a wooden church designed by architect William Merrell Vories and completed in 1934. Featuring a distinctive tower and bright facade, it was registered as a National Registered Tangible Cultural Property in 2003. Together with a former bank and post office on the same street, it preserves the modern architectural heritage of Lake Biwa's western shore.

The Chapel of the United Church of Christ in Japan Omi Kaneda Church is a two-story wooden worship hall in Omi Hachiman, Shiga Prefecture, designed by the Vories Architectural Office and completed in 1950. Featuring a gabled slate roof, a southwest bell tower, and exposed kingpost trusses in the second-floor nave, it was registered as a National Registered Tangible Cultural Property in 2012. The chapel is one of more than 20 Vories-related buildings still standing in Omi Hachiman.

The UCCJ Katata Church in Otsu City, Shiga Prefecture, is a wooden church designed by William Merrell Vories and completed in 1930. Featuring Tudor-arched quadruple windows and a distinctive pointed-roof corner tower, the church and its red-brick wall are both designated as nationally Registered Tangible Cultural Properties of Japan.

A nationally registered tangible cultural property in Katata, Otsu City, Shiga Prefecture, designed by the Vories Architectural Office. Built in 1930, this red brick wall features a stretcher bond pattern standing 12 courses high, with a distinctive 45-degree rotated coping course that creates an open, welcoming entrance to the church.

The Gate Pillars of the Minakuchi Church in Koka City, Shiga Prefecture, are brick pillars designed by American architect William Merrell Vories in 1930. Registered as a National Tangible Cultural Property, they embody the history of Christian mission and Western architecture in the Omi region.

The Minakuchi Church Chapel in Koka City, Shiga Prefecture, is a wooden chapel designed by William Merrell Vories in 1930. Registered as a national Tangible Cultural Property, this American Colonial-style building with a distinctive Latin cross floor plan stands as a masterpiece of early Showa-era architecture nestled in a historic castle town.

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