Registered Tangible Cultural Properties of Tottori

The Sasaki Family Residence New Reception Wing in Hino, Tottori, is a 1911 guest wing with a formal entrance and a carved transom by the carpenter Tomitsugu Seisai.

An 1874 storehouse beside the main house in Akasaki, Tottori, registered in 2015, which photographer Shiotani Teiko turned into a shop and studio after the war.

A 1906 merchant house on the coast road in Akasaki, Tottori, registered in 2015, with fine lattices across both floors and rooms fitted with choice woods and inlay.

A 1902 two-storey storehouse facing the main house across the garden in Akasaki, Tottori, registered in 2015, the newest storehouse on the Shiotani family compound.

Completed in 1937, this is the tallest of five stone-faced erosion-control dams on the upper Shimizu River. A square weep hole pierces the base of its spillway.

Completed in 1939, this low stone dam anchors the top of the Shimizu River group above Kurayoshi. Its weathered masonry sinks into a forest replanted after erosion.

Completed in 1938 and 80 metres long, this is the longest Shimizu River dam. A carved stone plaque on its left abutment bears the crest of the Home Ministry.

The lowest of the Shimizu River dams, completed in 1938. An irrigation channel through its left abutment lets one wall both hold back flood sediment and feed the fields.

The last of the Shimizu River dams, completed in 1944 at a bend in the stream. Its spillway is shifted aside to ease the current, with Mt. Hiruzen on the horizon.

Built in 1914 as the town hall of Chizu, Tottori, Shimomachi Kominkan is a white clapboard office with a pedimented porch and iron vent grilles, registered in 2002.

Completed in 1818 and rebuilt in 1838, Joninji's main hall in Tottori keeps cherry-birch pillars, a coved coffered ceiling and a hybrid altar. Registered in 2008.

Completed in 1916, the worship and offering halls of Sugitani Shrine in Tottori enclose a single tall tatami room and were registered as cultural property in 2024.

Built in 1915 above the drained bed of Nikko Pond, the 7.3-square-metre main hall of Sugitani Shrine in Tottori was registered as a cultural property in 2024.

Completed in 1951 on the upper Hiketa River in Tottori, Somagoya Arch Dam is a stone-faced concrete sabo dam, 24 metres long and 10 metres high. Registered in 2004.

A late Meiji public bathhouse in Kurayoshi, Tottori, registered in 2010. Trading ended in 2022, yet its house-like frontage and divided bath plan survive intact.

The 1951 founder's hall of Daijuji in Yazu, Tottori, registered in 2024, linked by a corridor to the main hall and enshrining the tablets of every abbot.

The 1954 bell tower of Daijuji in Yazu, Tottori, registered in 2024, built to mark the recasting of a bell given up in wartime, with inward-leaning columns.

The 1955 Zen training hall of Daijuji in Yazu, Tottori, registered in 2024, once said to be the only specialist training hall in the Chugoku region.

The 1920 main hall of Daijuji in Yazu, Tottori, registered in 2024, a tall hip-and-gable hall of local timber with a richly carved porch, the oldest building in the precinct.

The bell tower of Daisenji on Mount Daisen, Tottori, built in 1950 beside the main hall, leans its posts inward and carries crossed brackets in a medieval manner.