Shōwa
Aichi · 昭和Browse Aichi’s cultural heritage from the Shōwa period (1926 – 1989). Filter by type and keyword, with concise stories, maps, and travel tips.
Just the front-left corner of this 1927 Tokyo bank survives at Meiji-mura: granite, Doric columns and Corinthian pilasters, with a viewing level over Iruka Pond.
Discover the Former Nishi-Nakagane Station, a 1930 wooden station building registered as a national tangible cultural property. Once the terminus of the Meitetsu Mikawa Line, this beautifully preserved railway heritage site in Toyota City offers a glimpse into Japan's early Showa-era rural railway history and serves as a gateway to the famous Korankei Valley.
Discover the historic platform of Former Nishi-Nakagane Station, a Registered Tangible Cultural Property in Toyota City, Aichi. Built in the early Showa era with granite masonry, this abandoned railway station preserves the pastoral rail landscape of rural Japan and offers a unique walk-on-the-tracks experience near Korankei Valley.
Discover the Former Mikawa-Hirose Station, a 1927 wooden railway station building registered as a national tangible cultural property in Toyota City, Aichi. Explore this nostalgic abandoned station along the Yahagi River with its original platform, weekend café, and scenic walking trails.
The former Mikawa-Hirose Station platform in Toyota City, Aichi Prefecture, is a Registered Tangible Cultural Property built in 1927. This stone and concrete platform, featuring elegant granite ashlar masonry and a gentle curve following the Yahagi River, preserves the atmosphere of an early Showa-era rural railway station. Visitors can walk freely along the tracks, enjoy seasonal foliage, and sample local treats at the weekend cafe and market.
Standing at the southeast corner of Renkeiji, a Jodo Shinshu Otani-ha temple in Agui Town, Aichi Prefecture, the Renkeiji Earthen Walls were built in 1951 as a unified composition with the temple's Main Gate. Registered as a National Tangible Cultural Property in 2013, the walls combine stone-block foundations, vertical wood plank wainscoting, white plaster, and pantile roofing — an elegant expression of traditional Japanese boundary architecture.