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A 1949 cylindrical water divider in Nanto, Toyama, registered in 2020, the prefecture's oldest, sharing irrigation water fairly among three channels on the Tonami Plain.
A 1935 connecting hall joining the 1883 main hall to the offering hall of Ariso Sho Hachimangu Shrine in Takaoka, with plain square posts, lattice shutters, blinds.
The 1935 front hall of Ariso Sho Hachimangu Shrine in Takaoka, whose worship and offering halls share one many-gabled yatsumune-zukuri copper roof with chigi.
The Ushijima Lock in Toyama City, a small concrete lock of about 1934 with timber mitre gates, regulates water between the Fugan Canal and the Itachi River.
Katsurayu in Johana, Toyama, a former bathhouse of about 1930 in three wings, has a copper-clad Western-style front that brightens the old temple town.
A timber workshop of 1957 beside the Minatogawa at Himi, Toyama, built as igusa matting demand peaked. Its ground floor opens into the earthen warehouse next door.
A four-and-a-half-mat tea house of 1927 in Toyama, built under a Yabunouchi tea master, moved away in 1941 and returned in 1981; registered as heritage in 1998.
The Former Otani Family Residence Front Gate in Oyabe, Toyama, is a 1961 yakuimon gate 3.1 m wide with cloud-shaped brackets and a pierced-carving transom.
The Former Otani Family Residence Work Barn in Oyabe, Toyama, is a 1944 barn with an earth-floored work area open to the roof, a tool loft and clapboard walls.
The Former Otani Family Residence Main House in Oyabe, Toyama, is a 1935 Azumadachi farmhouse with a latticed gable, three rows of rooms and museum exhibits inside.
The Former Otani Family Residence Barn in Oyabe, Toyama, is a 1943 two-story outbuilding facing the main house, with plaster and clapboard walls and a memorial room.
The Former Otani Family Residence Ash Hut in Oyabe, Toyama, is a 1935 hut of 1.4 m² with earth-plastered walls and floor, built to store ash from the bathhouse.
The Former Otani Family Residence Bathhouse in Oyabe, Toyama, is a 1935 detached bath of 9.8 m² with a firebox open on three sides and a dog kennel on its side.
The Former Otani Family Residence Wall in Oyabe, Toyama, is a 153 m tiled timber wall of 1961, its south side set on boulders with a pierced-board transom.
The Komaki Dam on the Shogawa River in Toyama, a concrete gravity dam of 1930 designed against earthquakes, was once called the greatest dam in the East.
A 1935 riveted steel arch over the Matsu River in central Toyama, registered in 1999, the first bridge in the prefecture to be registered, still crossed by trams.
The Sasazu Bridge in Toyama, a Melan-type concrete arch of 1941 where the Hida road crosses the Jinzu River, spans 65 metres, the third-largest span before the war.
The Saburomaru Distillery in Tonami, Toyama, a converted timber factory moved here around 1954, is the oldest whisky distillery in Hokuriku, in use since 1952.
The Shakusenji Cylindrical Diversion Tank in Kamiichi, Toyama, is a concrete cylinder of 1954 that splits river water between two banks at 0.51 to 0.49.
The Shogawa Goguchi Weir in Tonami, Toyama, is a concrete weir of 1939 with ten radial gates that joined the river's scattered intakes for irrigation and power.