Edo

Guseiji Temple Rest House in Higashiomi, Shiga, is a two-storey timber building of 1858 where worshippers rested and took tea, registered nationally in 2007.

Guzeiji Temple Middle Gate in Higashiomi, Shiga, is a late Edo gate carrying citrus and well-frame crests linked to the Ii family of Hikone. Registered in 2021.

Guseiji Temple Main Hall in Higashiomi, Shiga, is a tiled Shin Buddhist hall of 1753, 22 metres wide, registered as a national cultural property in 2007.

Discover Saigan-ji Main Hall, a Registered Tangible Cultural Property in Ōmi-Hachiman, Shiga. This thatched-roof Jōdo Buddhist temple from the mid-17th century blends farmhouse aesthetics with sacred architecture, set within Japan's first Important Cultural Landscape.

The Gobyō at Saikyō-ji is an 1842 grave hall on the hill west of the Main Hall, said to hold the founder Shinsei's stupa. Its rich carving marks it among the oldest here.

Discover the Jitsujōbō Gate, a nationally registered tangible cultural property in Ōtsu, Shiga. This late Edo-period yakuimon gate at a sub-temple of Saikyō-ji features elegant gable carpentry and iconic Anōshū-style stone walls.

Tucked into the mountains of southwestern Shiga, the Main Hall of Takamiya Shrine in Tarao is a refined 1859 sanctuary built by master carpenter Takagi Sakuemon. This single-bay nagare-zukuri shrine with its cypress-bark roof — registered as a National Tangible Cultural Property in 2003 — preserves a chain of legends linking it to the wandering enshrinement of Amaterasu, to the noble Konoe family, and to a centuries-old local cult of the wolf as divine messenger.

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.

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 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.

A late 18th-century soy sauce brewer's townhouse on Omizo's merchant street in Takashima, Shiga. It keeps its tiled udatsu fire walls and houses a cafe and bakery.

A small early 19th-century storehouse behind the Fukui main house in Takashima, Shiga, holding household goods rather than soy sauce. Plaster above, boarding below.

An early 19th-century koji fermentation room in Takashima, Shiga, where soy sauce brewing began. Its long front roof slope gives it the look of a Shinto shrine hall.

Discover the bell tower of Myorakuji Temple in Kinomoto, Shiga Prefecture—a finely crafted Edo-period belfry registered as a national tangible cultural property. Explore its elegant carvings, historic post town setting, and nearby attractions along the Hokuriku Highway.

On Lake Biwa's north shore, Sugaura's villagers kept 1,281 documents recording their medieval self-rule and land disputes. They became a National Treasure in 2018.

A National Treasure of early Edo Japan: fifteen figures in a Kyoto pleasure quarter, the classical kinki shoga theme recast as shamisen, sugoroku, and love letters.