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Saw-Tooth Roof Factories
Roofs shaped for even north light in weaving sheds, now reused as cafes and studios.
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GunmaArchitectureTakasaki
Takasaki Arts Theatre
A large theatre by the station, designed around acoustics as home to the Gunma Symphony.
GunmaArchitectureŌta
Stone Walls of Kanayama Castle
Few medieval castles in eastern Japan used this much stone; its walls and ponds are restored from excavation.
SaitamaArchitectureKumagaya
Menuma Shodenzan
Called the Nikko of Saitama; its carved and repainted main hall is a National Treasure.
SaitamaArchitectureGyoda
Tabi Storehouses of Gyoda
A town that once made 80 percent of Japan's tabi socks; over 80 of its storehouses survive.
SaitamaArchitectureFukaya
Seishido and Seifutei
Built for Shibusawa Eiichi's 77th birthday in local brick, its interior threaded with Asian motifs.
SaitamaArchitectureFukaya
Fukaya Station
The town that supplied Tokyo Station's bricks rebuilt its own station in Tokyo Station's image.
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SaitamaArchitectureYorii
Hachigata Castle Ruins
Set between a river cliff and a ravine, its earthworks preserve the engineering of Sengoku castle-building.
SaitamaArchitectureOgano
Ogano Kabuki
Festival floats are reassembled into a stage; townspeople act, and make the sets and costumes themselves.
SaitamaArchitectureHidaka
Koma Shrine and District
A district settled by refugees from Goguryeo; the thatched Koma house still stands.
SaitamaArchitectureSaitama
Omiya Hikawa Approach
A two-kilometre approach, among Japan's longest, forming a green axis through the modern city.
SaitamaArchitectureKawajima
Farmstead Woods of Kawajima
Storehouses raised on flood mounds and homes ringed by windbreak woods - living with water made visible.
SaitamaArchitectureChichibu
Chichibu 34 Kannon Temples
A hundred-kilometre pilgrimage linking Kannon halls scattered through mountains and valleys.
SaitamaArchitectureWarabi
Warabi Post Town
A post town on the Nakasendo, its street plan still legible in the surviving townhouses.
ChibaArchitectureChiba
Inage Civic Gallery
The seaside villa of a wine magnate, a rare 1918 reinforced-concrete house detailed with grape motifs.
ChibaArchitectureSakura
Sakura Samurai Houses
Three samurai houses of different ranks stand side by side - stipend made visible in built form.
ChibaArchitectureNarita
Naritasan Shinshoji
Five Edo-period halls are Important Cultural Properties; the pagoda is carved and painted to the last column.
ChibaArchitectureChoshi
Inubosaki Lighthouse
Designed by the British engineer Richard Brunton from 193,000 Japanese-made bricks, and still in service.
ChibaArchitectureSakae
Boso no Mura
A full-scale reconstructed Edo town where craftsmen actually work in the buildings.
ChibaArchitecture
ChibaArchitectureChoshi
Yamasa Soy Sauce Works
Three hundred and eighty years of brewing; wooden vats and modern factory halls share one site.
ChibaArchitectureNoda
Soy Sauce Town of Noda
A company town built on soy sauce, its skeleton formed by brick factories and brewers' mansions.
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