Registered Tangible Cultural Properties of Tokyo

Completed in 1924 among the earliest buildings on this campus: an E-shaped plan, a hall projecting behind the entrance, and a Wrightian central section.

Built in 1931 as the university library, this white concrete hall closes the axis from the front gate. A Latin motto is cut into its wall, and Wright's echo lingers.

Built for the science classrooms and the largest of the seven at 1,453 sq m. Its south half came first, and triple steel sash windows face Building No. 7.

Built in 1909 as a fisheries training ship, Unyo Maru is the oldest surviving steel vessel made in Japan. Registered in 1998, her upper hull stands ashore in Tokyo.

Completed in 1933 at Komaba and registered in 2000, this clock tower was designed by Uchida Yoshikazu so the university and First Higher School would read as one.

Completed in 1935 at Hongo and registered in 1998, it replaced Tatsuno Kingo's engineering hall lost to the 1923 quake. Uchida Yoshikazu gave it a pointed arch.

Completed in 1925 at Hongo and registered in 1998, the Reppinkan is the earliest building in what is called Uchida Gothic. Planned as a museum, it never became one.

Built in 1929 at Komaba for the Aeronautical Research Institute and registered in 2000, Building 13 wraps nine horizontal bands around its mass, striped above.

Completed in 1925 at Hongo and registered in 1996, Yasuda Auditorium was funded by an anonymous gift from Yasuda Zenjiro and designed by Uchida Yoshikazu.

Discover the University of Tokyo Faculty of Law Building No. 3, a registered tangible cultural property designed by Yoshikazu Uchida in 1927. Explore its Gothic arches, scratch tile façade, and the historic Hongo campus.

Completed in 1935 at Hongo and registered in 1998, it carries a pointed-arch arcade through its ground floor. Its porch finial came from the earlier building here.

Completed in 1938 at Hongo and registered in 1998, it faces its twin across the campus axis, yet its western end becomes L-shaped in answer to Law Building 3.

Completed in 1912 at Hongo and registered in 1998, this gate follows the kabukimon form. Ito Chuta clad steel posts in granite and worked waves into the iron doors.

Completed in 1937 at Yayoi and registered in 2010, this was the first baseball facility in Japan to gain the status. A cantilevered arch carries the seating roof.

Completed in 1958, the 333-meter Tokyo Tower was the world's tallest self-supporting steel tower at the time, symbolizing Japan's postwar recovery and rapid economic growth. Designed by structural engineer Naitō Tachū as a masterpiece of earthquake-resistant engineering, it was registered as a national Tangible Cultural Property in 2013. With panoramic views from its Main Deck and Top Deck, seasonal illuminations, and a location rich in surrounding heritage, it continues to captivate visitors from around the world.

Built around 1931 beside the Azumabashi crossing in Asakusa, this small concrete subway entrance carries curved eaves, round columns and a copper temple roof.

Completed in 1953 on the rim of the Kanda River gorge in Tokyo, this white concrete entrance to Ochanomizu Station wraps ribbon windows around a curved corner.

Completed in 1959, the Yotsuya Overpass Bridge is a 110-meter steel Gerber bridge that crosses the JR Chuo Line at a 30-degree angle while supporting the curved Marunouchi Line tracks and Yotsuya Station. It became one of the first civil engineering structures in Tokyo registered as a Tangible Cultural Property.

Completed in 1934, the TUAT Faculty of Agriculture Main Building is a three-story steel-reinforced concrete academic building designed by the Tokyo Imperial University Building Division under Uchida Yoshikazu, famed architect of Yasuda Auditorium. Featuring an E-shaped floor plan and a central clock tower, it is registered as a National Tangible Cultural Property and open to the public on weekdays.

A Taisho-period wooden soba restaurant standing amid the office towers of Toranomon, Tokyo. Designated as a Registered Tangible Cultural Property, this beautiful building with ornamental chidori-hafu gables has served handmade soba since 1872. Enjoy one of Edo's three great soba traditions in a structure that survived the Great Kanto Earthquake, wartime air raids, and was carefully relocated to preserve its heritage.

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