Edo
Yamanashi · 江戸Browse Yamanashi’s cultural heritage from the Edo period (1603 – 1868). Filter by type and keyword, with concise stories, maps, and travel tips.
A late Edo shop on the old Koshu Kaido in Katsunuma, only three ken deep, that keeps its lattice, lifting shutters and great front door. Registered in 2018.
A late Edo merchant townhouse on the old Koshu Kaido in Katsunuma, with a wide earthen passage, two rows of rooms, fine lattice and lift-up doors. Registered 2018.
A late Edo thatched teahouse in Yumura, Kofu, moved in 1948 and 1991, with a tiny tea room and a ceiling of soot-darkened bamboo and paulownia. Registered in 2025.
The Sanmaido at Minobusan Kuonji is an 1823 hall moved to the Nishidani heights in 1941, with three-stepped brackets, a carved porch and a double coffered ceiling.
The Hocchinkaku at Minobusan Kuonji, built in 1739, is the oldest registered hall, set on stone steps inside the outer gate, with painted spirits and carved dragons.
The Honjido at Minobusan Kuonji is a square raised hall of 1852 behind the main area, with a bracketed veranda and a jewel finial on its pyramidal copper roof.
The Muramatsu Family Residence Main House in Minami Alps, Yamanashi, dated to 1865, keeps a ridge tag naming its builders and arched upper windows of the Meiji era.