Architecture in Tottori13 entries
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Nageiredo of Sanbutsuji
A hall in a cliff hollow that nobody can explain the building of - legend says an ascetic threw it there.
Ishitani Residence
A timber baron's forty-room house, its earthen hall crossed by tier upon tier of local cedar beams.
Itaibara Village
A mountain hamlet no road ever reached, its board roofs and stone terraces unchanged since the 1950s.
Wakasa Railway Stations
The original 1930 wooden stations, turntable and water tower survive along the line, listed together.
Misasa Onsen
Water rises in the riverbed and is bathed in where it stands, below three-storey wooden inns.
Tottori Castle Ruins
A spherical stone bulge was added to hold a failing wall - the only such structure in Japan, engineering turned into form.
Shikano Castle Town
A castle town of grid streets and running water channels, its lattice fronts still in place.
Red-Tiled Streets
Glazed Sekishu tiles resist snow and salt, and their red is what gives this coast's towns their colour.
Pilgrim Path of Mt Mitoku
The path to the cliff hall is climbed by chain and tree root - the visit itself designed as an ordeal.
Thatched Houses of Nichinan
Thatched houses in the Chugoku mountains, their eaves pulled deep against snow and cold.