Registered Tangible Cultural Properties of Tokyo

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.

Discover the Nakae Shop Building, a Registered Tangible Cultural Property in Taito, Tokyo. Built in 1924 by shrine carpenters after the Great Kanto Earthquake, this wooden structure houses Japan's last surviving sakura nabe (horse meat hotpot) restaurant from the Yoshiwara pleasure quarter era.

Discover Namiki House in Tokyo's Zoshigaya neighborhood — a 1953 wooden apartment registered as a National Tangible Cultural Property, where manga pioneer Osamu Tezuka lived and created iconic works like Astro Boy and Princess Knight.

Nihon Gakuen Building No. 1 is a distinguished reinforced concrete school building completed in 1936 in Setagaya Ward, Tokyo. Designed by the renowned architect Imai Kenji — a graduate of the school who introduced Gaudí to Japan — it features a monumental columned entrance and was registered as a National Registered Tangible Cultural Property in 2009.

Discover the Hachijojima History and Folklore Museum, a nationally registered tangible cultural property built in 1939. Housed in a Western-style wooden government building on Hachijojima Island, the museum showcases the island's exile history, Kihachijo silk, and Jomon-era artifacts. Reopened in October 2025 after major renovations.

Built in 1927 from a Kobe merchant's bequest and designed by Ito Chuta, this Romanesque hall in Kunitachi, Tokyo, hides carved creatures around its arches.

A 53-square-metre timber gatehouse of 1931 with a French tile roof and half-timbered walls, standing on the central axis of the Kunitachi campus in Tokyo.

Completed in 1929 for Tokyo University of Commerce, this two-storey block in Kunitachi wraps a courtyard and echoes the Romanesque idiom of its famous neighbour.

Discover Blue Box House, a 1971 Registered Tangible Cultural Property in Tokyo's Setagaya designed by acclaimed architect Mayumi Miyawaki—a cantilevered blue cube floating over the Kokubunji cliff line and an iconic example of his celebrated Box Series.

Homeikan Honkan in Hongo, Tokyo, is a timber inn of the late 1890s registered in 2000. Built as a student boarding house, its rooms are named for their timber.

Hori Shoten in Shimbashi, Tokyo, is a reinforced concrete office block of 1932, registered in 1998. Scratch tile walls, banded windows, a cafe on the ground floor.