Registered Tangible Cultural Properties of Tokushima

Built in 1855 and moved here in 1954, the Nagayamon at Tokushima's Awa Jurobei Yashiki carries a formal hongawara tile roof, and was registered in March 2024.

Completed in 1934 in Miyoshi City, Tokushima, this symmetrical timber hall with arched upper windows and a gambrel roof is the prefecture's last wooden town hall.

Built in 1810 at Kira in Tsurugi Town, Tokushima, this open-sided thatched hall is station thirty on the Habashikoku circuit, a miniature local Shikoku pilgrimage.

This late Edo thatched farmhouse at Tsurui in Higashi-Iya, Tokushima, was registered in 2019 as a model of the Iya house form. It is a private home and is not open.

A mid-Meiji merchant house on the corner where the approach to Ryozen-ji, temple one of the Shikoku pilgrimage, meets the old Muya Kaido road in Naruto, Tokushima.

Completed in 1932, Saienji Main Hall in Yoshinogawa, Tokushima, clads a Shin Buddhist hall in weatherboard and sash windows, built for a priest who wanted pews.

Saikyoji's 1930 sutra repository in Mima, Tokushima, packs a dormer gable, a cusped-gable porch and Edo-period bracket work onto a plastered 47-square-metre store.

The 1843 gate of Saikyoji in Mima, Tokushima, is a three-bay yakuimon whose outer eaves are boarded and carved with clouds, the detail that put it in the register.

Saikyoji's 1858 main hall in Mima, Tokushima, is a registered property. Its 14 by 16 metre plan follows Jodo Shinshu practice, and dragon and tiger guard the porch.

Sadamitsu Theater (Sadamitsu Gekijo) is a striking wooden playhouse built in 1932 in the heart of an old merchant town in western Tokushima. Originally a shibai-goya, it was converted to a cinema in 1949 and operated until 2011, ending an unbroken run as Tokushima's longest-running movie theater. Distinctive features include a copper-clad gabled roof, a grand arched façade, sajiki box seats around the perimeter, and original Showa-era advertisements still visible on the coffered ceiling. Registered as a national Tangible Cultural Property on August 6, 2025, the theater stands at the center of Sadamitsu's celebrated two-tiered udatsu townscape.

Built in 1928 at Nyuta-cho in Tokushima City, this two-story concrete retirement house hides its structure under stone-like washed mortar. Registered in 2014.

Built in 1896 on Ikeda's old tobacco street in Miyoshi City, this timber townhouse carries a projecting fire wall and sea-cucumber tiling. Registered 2016.

At Nyuta-cho in Tokushima City, this pair of concrete gateposts of about 1928 carries temple-derived capitals and an iron arch with a lamp. Registered 2014.

Built in 1810 at Jizoji, fifth temple of the Shikoku pilgrimage in Tokushima, this plastered storehouse holds an octagonal revolving sutra case. Registered in 2011.

The inner sanctuary of Jizoji in Tokushima, rebuilt in 1922 after a fire, sets three halls in a U-shape where some two hundred life-size wooden rakan stand.

This hall of Kobo Daishi at Jizoji in Tokushima dates from 1711 to 1716 and was remodelled late in the Edo period. Carved transoms, celestial women on the ceiling.

Joined to the north flank of the main hall at Jizoji in Tokushima, this late Edo hall is built around a central goma fire altar, and its carved gable is admired.

The Shimao Family Residence Shop and Main House in Tsuji, Ikawa-cho, Miyoshi City, Tokushima Prefecture, is a nationally registered tangible cultural property that preserves the legacy of this riverside town's prosperity from the tobacco trade of the late Edo and Meiji periods. Discover the architectural charm of this historic merchant house and explore the surrounding attractions of the Iya Valley region.

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.

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