Meiji

Dairakuji Main Hall at Imizu in Toyama, built in 1879, uses the thick earthen dozo method of fireproof storehouses. Its plaster porch of 1889 rewards a close look.

Built in 1910 as the Fushiki Bank in Takaoka, Toyama, and registered in 1996, it was demolished in November 2025 after the Noto earthquake. Columns survive.

This 47-square-metre earthen storehouse of about 1890 held a Fushiki family's textiles. Its bowed door lintel and black plaster dado won praise at registration.

Built about 1890 in Fushiki, Takaoka, this 408-square-metre merchant house hid storage in its roof void and a concealed upper passage. Registered in 1997.

At 79 square metres, this is the largest storehouse at the Tanada compound in Fushiki, Takaoka. Its door sits left of centre and has no fire door. Registered 1997.

The smallest of four registered buildings at the Tanada compound in Fushiki, Takaoka, this 20-square-metre storehouse kept the household's miso. Registered 1997.

Built in 1868 in Fushiki, Takaoka, this timber townhouse held to the older building grammar while the port went Western. Registered 1997. Exterior only.

Built in the early Meiji era and registered in 2019, this small earthen storehouse in Nanto, Toyama turns a trowelled relief of waves and a turtle toward the lane.