Registered Tangible Cultural Properties of Tochigi

The Fine-Timber Storehouse is the largest Tsukada building in Tochigi, at 152 square metres. Built for prized timber, it alone of the five is listed as hard to recreate.

The Sano Church of the United Church of Christ in Japan, located in Sano City, Tochigi Prefecture, is a wooden two-story Gothic-style church built in 1934. Registered as a Tangible Cultural Property in 2003, it features a striking blend of Western Gothic elements — including a rose window-style circular opening and pointed-arch doorways — with traditional Japanese woodworking techniques visible in the interior bracket capitals.

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.

The Hōtō Upstream Sabo Dam in Nikko, Tochigi Prefecture, is a gravity-type masonry dam completed in 1952 and registered as a National Tangible Cultural Property. Standing 30 meters high with a crest length of 53 meters on the Fukasawa stream below Mount Nantai, this remarkable structure features refined stone masonry that blends harmoniously with the surrounding landscape when viewed from the famous Irohazaka road.

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.

The Yamagata Aritomo Memorial Hall Annex is a refined two-story wooden Western-style house built around 1927 within the historic grounds of Yamagata Farm in Yaita City, Tochigi Prefecture. Registered as a National Tangible Cultural Property in 2021, it features a hipped tile roof, a south-facing dormer window, and a pergola-shaded porch. Together with the adjacent main hall, it preserves the atmosphere of an early twentieth-century aristocratic country estate at the foot of Mount Takahara.

Tochigi’s registered properties across designations, with featured heritage and travel notes.

The complete kokuhō catalogue — browse by prefecture, period, and category.

Nationwide jūyō bunkazai — architecture, sculpture, painting, crafts, and documents.