Registered Tangible Cultural Properties of Shizuoka

Discover Abekawa Bridge in Shizuoka, a Registered Tangible Cultural Property and Japan's longest bowstring truss bridge. Built in 1923 with British steel, this Taisho-era landmark connects the historic Tokaido post towns of Fuchu and Mariko.

Built in 1943 at Arai Ryokan in Shuzenji, the Mizugura is a half-buried concrete vault ringed by a stone moat that can be flooded to protect its art from fire.

Momiji is a 1927 guest wing at Arai Ryokan in Shuzenji. Two rooms, a wide veranda, Kyoto roof tiles, copper eaves and bengara-red walls give it a quiet Kyoto air in Izu.

Yuki no Mune, an 1899 wing at Arai Ryokan in Shuzenji, sits between two streams from the Hana no Ike pond. Its bath wing has a curved mukuri roof with a smoke vent.

Yoshino no Mune, a 1935 wing at Arai Ryokan in Shuzenji, stands apart like a villa, finished in fine Amagi cedar. It is remembered as the wing the inn favoured most.

Watari no Hashi is an 1899 roofed drum bridge at Arai Ryokan in Shuzenji, linking Tsuki no Mune and Yuki no Mune. Its gapped board floor reveals the stream as you cross.

Ume-goten (Plum Palace) is a Kyoto-style sukiya-zukuri building within Rakujuen Park in Mishima City, Shizuoka Prefecture, built around 1890 as part of Prince Komatsu Akihito's villa. Named for the plum tree trunk used as the alcove post in its main room, this National Registered Tangible Cultural Property features a distinctive skip-floor design utilizing the site's natural elevation changes.

Discover Kaikodo Murakamiya, a 1926 copper-façade kanban building registered as a Tangible Cultural Property in Mishima, Shizuoka, now home to Distillery Water Dragon.

Discover the Kaise Family Residence in Nishiura Kōchi, Numazu — a late Edo-period farmhouse that is the city's oldest surviving home, registered as a National Tangible Cultural Property in 2023, where the Tennō Festival's kagura still echoes in its formal rooms.

The Gaisen Kinen Mon is a brick triumphal gate built in 1906 to commemorate the Russo-Japanese War victory, standing at the entrance to Rokusho Shrine in Shibukawa, Hamamatsu City. As one of only two surviving war triumphal gates in Japan, it is registered as a National Registered Tangible Cultural Property.

Discover the mushroom-shaped steel canopy and stone-masonry platform of Hon-Yoshiwara Station on the Gakunan Railway in Fuji City, Shizuoka — a nationally registered tangible cultural property with stunning Mt. Fuji views and factory night scenery.

The Tosu (lavatory) at Kasuisai Temple in Fukuroi City, Shizuoka Prefecture, is a nationally registered tangible cultural property built in 1937. Explore the history, architecture, and highlights of this extraordinary Zen temple restroom, featuring ajiro ceilings, kumiko latticework, and Japan's largest statue of Ususama Myōō.

The Kangyodo Tunnel in Atami, Shizuoka Prefecture, is a hand-carved stone tunnel completed in 1910 during the Meiji era. Built as part of the former main road connecting Atami and Ito, this Registered Tangible Cultural Property features horseshoe-shaped portals and refined stonework that exemplify early 20th-century Japanese civil engineering.

The Kikugawa Red Brick Warehouse in Shizuoka Prefecture, built around 1900 as part of the Fuji Seicha tea company's Horinouchi factory, is a two-story brick industrial heritage building where Japan's tea refinement process was first mechanized. Traces of the gougumi tea-blending apparatus remain inside, making it the only surviving structure of its kind from the Meiji era. Designated as Kikugawa's first National Registered Tangible Cultural Property in 2014. Three minutes on foot from JR Kikugawa Station.

The Former Igarashi Dental Clinic, a Nationally Registered Tangible Cultural Property in Kambara-juku along the old Tokaido road in Shizuoka, is a unique pseudo-Western building created in 1914 by renovating a traditional townhouse. With its Western clapboard exterior concealing a purely Japanese interior featuring exquisite transom carvings and original Taisho-era dental equipment, this free-admission cultural property offers a fascinating glimpse into early 20th-century provincial life and architecture.

Discover the Former Nakamura Dressmaking Academy in Fukuroi, Shizuoka — a nationally registered tangible cultural property built in 1950. This charming wooden schoolhouse along the Haranoya River embodies the spirit of Japan's postwar reconstruction era and now serves as a vibrant community hub.

Located on the Izusan hillside in Atami, Shizuoka Prefecture, the Former Nanki Bunko is a Meiji-era Renaissance-style wooden building originally constructed in 1899 as Japan's first Western-style private library by Tokugawa Yorimichi, the 15th head of the Kishu Tokugawa family. Relocated three times over more than a century, this nationally registered tangible cultural property now serves as part of a Hoshino Resorts hotel, blending Japanese and Western architectural traditions.

Completed in 1936, the Former Futamata Town Hall is a two-story wooden Western-style civic building designed by local carpenter Ishirō Motojima, who taught himself Western architectural techniques. Featuring scratch-tile cladding, tall sash windows, and a porte-cochère, the building was registered as a National Tangible Cultural Property in 2003. It now serves as the Soichiro Honda Craftsmanship Center, a free museum honoring the founder of Honda Motor Company.

The Former MacKenzie Residence in Shizuoka City is a Spanish Colonial-style villa designed by architect William Merrell Vories. Completed in 1940 as the home of tea merchant Duncan MacKenzie and philanthropist Emily MacKenzie, it is registered as a national Tangible Cultural Property. Featuring a striking red tile roof, white stucco walls, and a watchtower with views of Mount Fuji, it reopened in March 2026 as HOMAM Former MacKenzie Mansion.

Not a dam but a 70-metre dry-stone channel of around 1912, Kiwadagawa Channel Works No. 1 in Fujieda, Shizuoka, guides the stream into Dam No. 8 at the valley head.