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Tenhinamenokami Shrine Heihaiden
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Tenhinamenokami Shrine Heihaiden

The Hei-Haiden (offertory and worship hall) of Amenohinatori-no-mikoto Shrine in Tottori City is a Taisho-era wooden shrine building constructed in 1913. Featuring an irimoya-style gable-end entrance with a distinctive cusped gable porch and traditional bargeboard carvings with surviving original-scale drawings, it was registered as a National Tangible Cultural Property in 2022. The building forms an integral part of this ancient Engishiki-listed shrine's historic landscape.

Main Hall of Tenhinadori Shrine
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Main Hall of Tenhinadori Shrine

The Main Hall of Amenohinadori no Mikoto Shrine, located atop a hill in the Ohata district of Tottori City, is a Shikinaisha listed in the Engishiki Jimmeicho (927 AD), rebuilt in 1913 during the Taisho era. This elegant ikensha nagare-zukuri structure with a copper-plate roof features restrained yet refined carved ornamentation. With its original design documents preserved, it was registered as a National Tangible Cultural Property in 2022 for its value in documenting modern shrine construction practices.

Omotani Family Residence New Room (former Rice Mill)
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Omotani Family Residence New Room (former Rice Mill)

A four-and-a-half mat tea room inside a storehouse. Said to have begun as a rice mill, this Taisho building in Sakaiminato was rebuilt as reception rooms.

Shimomachi Community Hall
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Shimomachi Community Hall

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.

Sugitani Shrine Worship Hall and Offering Hall
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Sugitani Shrine Worship Hall and Offering Hall

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.

Sugitani Shrine Main Hall
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Sugitani Shrine Main Hall

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.

Daijuji Temple Main Hall
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Daijuji Temple Main Hall

Daijuji Main Hall in Yazu, Tottori, built in 1920 and registered in 2024, has curved porch rafters, dense carving, and a coved coffered ceiling over its central bay.

Waiting Room, Walls and Fences of the Marui Family Residence
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Waiting Room, Walls and Fences of the Marui Family Residence

Built around 1916 in Kurayoshi, Tottori, this tea garden arbor covers only 1.9 square metres, with cedar-bark sheathing, a tiled wall and a bamboo sleeve fence.

Yagi Family Main Building
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Yagi Family Main Building

Built in 1913 at Yokota in Kurayoshi, Tottori, this 276-square-metre house pairs a six-room farmhouse plan with a winding stair and truss roof. Interior closed.

Yonago Specialty Store
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Yonago Specialty Store

The Yonago Senmon Daiten in Doshomachi, Yonago City, Tottori Prefecture, is a National Registered Tangible Cultural Property completed around 1924. Designed by Hara Yasokichi as the city's first rental commercial building, this three-story reinforced concrete landmark features a stone-style facade, an arched entrance, and the original Yonago Bank emblem, telling the story of Sanin's commercial heyday.

Iwata Family Residence
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Iwata Family Residence

Ueda Family Residence Annex
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Ueda Family Residence Annex

Ube Shrine Gate
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Ube Shrine Gate

Ube Shrine Lattice Fence
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Ube Shrine Lattice Fence

Ogawa Sake Brewery Former Brewery
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Ogawa Sake Brewery Former Brewery

Ogawa Sake Brewery Main Building
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Ogawa Sake Brewery Main Building

Kachiya Shrine Worship Hall
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Kachiya Shrine Worship Hall

Former Ebi Power Station Main Building
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Former Ebi Power Station Main Building

Former Ogura Family Residence Storehouse
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Former Ogura Family Residence Storehouse

Former Fuji City Hashi Family Main Building
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Former Fuji City Hashi Family Main Building