Registered Tangible Cultural Properties of Tokushima

Discover the Shimao Family Residence Annex (Shimao-ke Jutaku Hanare) in Miyoshi City, Tokushima Prefecture — a registered tangible cultural property showcasing traditional Japanese residential architecture amid the scenic mountains of the Iya Valley region.

Senkoin Hondo is an early Showa-period Shingon Buddhist main hall in Awa City, Tokushima, registered as a National Tangible Cultural Property in 2022. Discover its tile-roofed silhouette, tranquil interior, and the Shikoku pilgrimage region around it.

Tucked away in Tokushima City's historic Kokufu district, the Zoshu-in Tea Room is a refined late-Edo sukiya building registered as a National Tangible Cultural Property in 2021. Its five rooms—two tea rooms, a mizuya, a waiting room, and a formal upper room—showcase a remarkable variety of prized timbers and carefully varied designs. Set within a ninth-century temple and steps from four Shikoku Pilgrimage sites, it offers a rare, crowd-free glimpse into provincial Edo architectural refinement.

Discover Zoushuin Maikomi-izumi in Tokushima, a nationally registered Edo-period spiral well of a type rarely seen in western Japan. Explore its history, stone craftsmanship, and the rich heritage landscape of Kokufu-cho.

The Takahara Building in Tokushima City is a reinforced concrete Western-style building completed in 1932. Designed by Suzuki Teiji, the renowned architect known as 'the architect who built Nagoya,' it features scratch-tile walls and Romanesque ornamentation. The building miraculously survived the devastating 1945 Tokushima Air Raid thanks to its German-made fireproof windows and was registered as a National Registered Tangible Cultural Property in 1997.

Discover Takeyashiki-dō, a Registered Tangible Cultural Property in Tsurugi Town, Tokushima. This Taishō-period pilgrimage hall serves as the 35th station of the Hata-Shikoku 88 Sacred Sites route, featuring traditional hōgyō-zukuri architecture amid the mountains of western Tokushima.

The Tahoto (multi-treasure pagoda) at Tatsue-ji, the 19th temple of the Shikoku 88 Temple Pilgrimage in Komatsushima City, Tokushima Prefecture. Built in 1923 during the Taishō era, this elegant wooden two-story pagoda faithfully inherits the traditional tahoto form while incorporating exquisite carvings and a raised coffered ceiling characteristic of modern craftsmanship. It was registered as a national Registered Tangible Cultural Property in 2024.

Chiiori, meaning 'House of the Flute,' is an approximately 300-year-old thatched-roof farmhouse nestled in the remote Iya Valley of Miyoshi City, Tokushima Prefecture. Registered as a National Tangible Cultural Property, this Edo-period minka was purchased and restored by American Japanologist Alex Kerr in 1973. Today it operates as an exclusive whole-house rental, offering guests an immersive experience in Japan's vanishing rural heritage.

The Main Hall of Tsubaki Hachiman Shrine in Anan City, Tokushima Prefecture, is a National Registered Tangible Cultural Property built in 1856. Despite its compact 4.7 m² footprint, this late Edo-period shrine showcases remarkably sophisticated craftsmanship including elaborate bracket complexes with diagonal tail rafters, double rainbow-beam gable ornamentation, and dense sculptural decoration. Located in a tranquil coastal village near Gamoda Cape, the easternmost point of Shikoku.

A rare purpose-built puppet playhouse on a Tokushima high-school campus, built in 1965 with a two-tier stage and box seats, home to a living Awa puppet-theater tradition.

Completed in 1926, this brick-and-granite well-house of barely 21 square metres held the intake of Tokushima's first modern water supply, matching the plant's design.

Completed in 1926, this is the only round building of the Sako plant's three registered structures, a cylindrical brick-and-granite well-house about 5.1 metres high.

Completed in 1926 for Tokushima's first modern water supply, this English-bond red-brick pump station became the prefecture's first registered cultural property.

The Nakawa Shoten Shikomi-gura in Ikeda, Miyoshi City, Tokushima Prefecture, is a Meiji-era fermentation storehouse registered as a National Tangible Cultural Property. Part of a brewery founded in 1802, this wooden structure features a distinctive log-frame roof creating a vast interior space. Home to the award-winning sake brand Imakomachi, the site offers brewery tours and serves as a gateway to Shikoku's scenic Iya Valley and Oboke Gorge.

A rare two-story wooden lantern above Tokushima's Yoshino River, built 1884. It packs full temple-hall carpentry — fan rafters, cusped windows, kara-hafu gable — into a 15-square-meter structure registered nationally in 2011.

Built in 1896 at the top of Mount Hōju in western Tokushima, Hashikuraji's Temizuya stands at the head of the 278-step Heart Sutra staircase, directly in front of the Honden. Designated a Registered Tangible Cultural Property in October 2011.

Discover Hiuradō, a registered cultural property built in 1788 in Tsurugi Town, Tokushima. The 26th station of the Haba-Shikoku miniature pilgrimage offers serene mountain views, ornate carvings, and centuries of folk faith.

Hikiji-do is a small wooden hall built in 1928 in Tsurugi Town, Tokushima Prefecture. As the 36th sacred site of the Habashikoku 88-site pilgrimage—a regional miniature of the famous Shikoku circuit—it preserves a local Buddhist tradition. Registered as a National Tangible Cultural Property in 2017, the hall is notable for its hipped roof and distinctive front porch formed by an extended roofline.

Discover the Hyakunen-gura Smokestack in Miyoshi City, Tokushima — a 9.6-meter brick chimney built in 1922 that once served a local sake brewery. Inscribed with the historic brand name Gishi-shin, this Registered Tangible Cultural Property stands as a quiet witness to Japan's regional industrial heritage.

Standing at the confluence of the Yoshino and Iya rivers in Miyoshi City, Tokushima, the Hyakunengura Former Sake Brewery is a large wooden two-story building completed in 1922. Recognized as a Registered Tangible Cultural Property in 2010, it is celebrated for its luminous, vertically-oriented interior and now serves as a venue for antique displays and live music events.

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

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