Important Cultural Property of Tokyo

The Kiyosu Bridge of 1928 over the Sumida in Tokyo, a self-anchored chain suspension bridge of the post-earthquake rebuilding, was modelled on a bridge at Cologne.

The only building Le Corbusier designed in Japan, opened in 1959. Its pilotis, central hall and spiral ramp embody his concept of a Museum of Unlimited Growth.

The Gekkoden at Gokokuji in Bunkyo, Tokyo, a Momoyama reception hall from the Nikkoin of Miidera, was moved here in 1928 and greets visitors with a cusped gable.

The main hall of Gokokuji in Bunkyo, Tokyo, a seven-bay Kannon hall built in 1697 on the orders of the shogun Tsunayoshi, enshrines a hidden image of Kannon.

Built in 1910 as the Imperial Guards command office, this Kitanomaru Park landmark is a rare Meiji brick survivor and a scene of the 1945 surrender-night coup.

The Kobayashi Family Residence, a thatched farmhouse at 750 meters on a ridge in Hinohara, west Tokyo, was built in the early 1700s and is reached by monorail.

The Niomon Gate of Takahata Fudoson in Hino, Tokyo, a late Muromachi gate, was restored to its planned two-storey form in 1959 and houses Muromachi guardian kings.

The Fudo Hall of Takahata Fudoson in Hino, Tokyo, rebuilt at the foot of the hill in 1342 after a gale, is a five-bay hall the temple calls the oldest in Tokyo.

The Former Jurin-in Treasure House, now in the Tokyo National Museum grounds, is a small log-built storehouse of the early Kamakura period (1185 to 1274).

The former imperial rest house in Shinjuku Gyoen, Tokyo, a Western-style timber lodge of 1896 by the Imperial Household Ministry, is the only one of its kind left.

Denpoin, the head residence of Sensoji in Asakusa, keeps six buildings from 1776 to 1918, a rare survival of a great Edo temple residence beside its garden.

The Nitenmon Gate of Sensoji in Asakusa, Tokyo, built around 1649 as the gate of a lost Toshogu shrine, survived war and earthquake with its triple-ridge ceilings.

Built in 1632 as the outer gate of the second shogun's mausoleum at Zojoji, this gate is the only part still standing on its own ground after the 1945 air raid.

Completed in 1933 and extended by a second architect until 1965, this Nihombashi store was Japan's first department store designated an Important Cultural Property.

Made in 1878 at a government works and moved to Fukagawa in 1929, this 15.2-metre bridge pairs a cast iron arch with wrought iron ties, unique among survivors.

Built in 1890 in Ueno Park, Tokyo, and designated an Important Cultural Property in 1988, this wooden hall still houses Japan's oldest concert pipe organ.

Completed in 1937 in Ueno Park, Tokyo, and designated an Important Cultural Property in 2001, this tile-roofed concrete building is the Tokyo National Museum Honkan.

A 1911 two-span stone arch bridge in Tokyo, the zero point of Japan's national roads, an Important Cultural Property since 1999, with bronze kirin and lions.

The Hyokeikan in Ueno, Tokyo, a museum of 1908 within the Tokyo National Museum, marks a royal wedding and is a Neo-Baroque stone and brick hall by Katayama Tokuma.

The Mitsui Main Building in Nihonbashi, Tokyo, rebuilt in 1929 to designs by Trowbridge and Livingston of New York, lines its streets with a giant Corinthian order.

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