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AomoriArchitectureHirosaki
Hirosaki Gakuin Missionary Residence
A timber Western house built by local carpenters for an American woman missionary; an Important Cultural Property.
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Osanai Family Residence
A relocated Tsugaru farmhouse, its balance of boarded floor and earthen floor set by the length of the winter.
AomoriArchitectureMorioka
Iwate Bank Red Brick Building
The only surviving Tohoku work by Kingo Tatsuno, architect of Tokyo Station.
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Iwate Prefectural Public Hall
A 1927 civic hall by the architect of Waseda University's Okuma Auditorium, still in daily use.
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IwateArchitectureHiraizumi
Takkoku no Iwaya
A hall wedged into a cliff hollow, beside a Buddha's face carved into the rock wall.
IwateArchitectureOshu
Historic Park Esashi Fujiwara
Full-scale reconstructions of Heian palaces, used repeatedly as a period-drama film set.
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IwateArchitectureKamaishi
Hashino Iron Mine
The oldest surviving Western-style blast furnace remains in Japan, deep in the mountains.
IwateArchitectureShizukuishi
Koiwai Farm Buildings
Twenty-one farm buildings designated Important Cultural Properties, many still in daily use.
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Ogal Project
A public-private development built from local timber, studied nationwide as a model.
IwateArchitectureMorioka
Morioka Castle Stone Walls
A rare all-stone castle in Tohoku; the granite walls remain though the buildings are gone.
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Kanjizaio-in Ruins
Only the Pure Land garden survives of a temple built by the wife of Fujiwara no Motohira.
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Konyacho, Morioka
The old indigo dyers' quarter, where Edo-period townhouses still trade as shops.
MiyagiArchitectureSendai
Osaki Hachimangu
Built by Date Masamune in 1607, the oldest surviving gongen-zukuri shrine, in black lacquer and gold.
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Miyagi Prefectural Library
By Hiroshi Hara, architect of the Umeda Sky Building; a vast hull seeming to float on the hill.
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