Shōwa
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The 1961 cathedral of the Diocese of Nagoya in Higashi Ward, a Gothic church in exposed concrete with twin openwork spires and a soaring interior. Registered.
A 1927 railway bascule bridge at Nagoya Port by movable-bridge pioneer Yamamoto Utaro, preserved with its leaf raised at 78 degrees since the line closed.
Built in 1930 in Tsuruma Park, Nagoya City Public Hall combines round-arched windows and crane-wing reliefs in early steel-framed concrete. Registered in 2020.
The thatched front gate at the southeast corner of Tozanso in Nagoya. Knotted log posts, fan-splayed rafters, and a 32-meter wall of flattened bamboo.
A bracket gate inside Tozanso in Nagoya, parting the front garden from the inner one. A 1.2-meter opening under cedar bark, and a 19-meter two-faced wall.
Completed in 1960 at Nagoya University's Higashiyama campus, this exposed-concrete hall by Maki Fumihiko was listed in 2011, and its clock tower glows blue at night.
A 1932 office building in Nagoya's Higashi Ward, clad in scratch tile with geometric motifs, a symbol of the city's export ceramics trade; open free on weekdays.
Reiners Hall, the 1932 main building of Nanzan Gakuen in Nagoya, was designed by the Swiss architect Max Hinder, with ochre walls and notched parapets.
The 1934 office building of the Japan Ceramic Center in Nagoya is a concrete building faced with ceramic tiles inside and out, with an Art Deco meeting room.
The 1958 building of the Japan Ceramic Center in Nagoya is a modernist office with wide glazing, balanced windows, a curving staircase and regional tiles.
The Lutheran church in Okazaki, Aichi, built in 1953, is a timber church with a spire and cross on its ridge, three aisles and white walls under a red roof.
This small Lutheran church in Higashi Ward, Nagoya, rebuilt in 1953 after the war to a design by Vories, has a spire, scissor trusses and a cross-shaped window.
The former Noma Post Office (1931) on the Chita Peninsula is a wooden building with gabled dormers and clapboard walls, a Registered Cultural Property since 2015.
Completed in 1927 among the storehouses of a miso brewery in Okazaki, the Hatcho Miso Head Office Building was one of the first two properties registered in Aichi.
The former repository of the Hosa Bunko in Nagoya, built in 1935 by joining two storehouses, long held the books handed down in the Owari Tokugawa family.
The 1929 shoin of Hōshuin, linked to the main hall by a veranda, is a refined reception hall whose upper room sets a wide alcove and study nook under coffered ceilings.
A tiled wooden wall about 22 meters long at the street edge of the Horibe Residence in Inuyama, built in the early Showa era. It frames the approach to the samurai house.
Masumida Shrine North Gate and Lattice Fence, Ichinomiya, Aichi: a 1955 yakuimon gate and 99-meter openwork fence around the Main Hall, registered in 2007. Access.
Masumida Shrine Saimonden, Ichinomiya, Aichi: a 1956 gabled ritual hall, 12 by 8.9 meters, linking the worship hall to the Main Hall, registered in 2007. Access.
Masumida Shrine Main Hall and Connecting Hall, Ichinomiya, Aichi: a 1954 nagare-zukuri hall in Kiso cypress, registered in 2006 for its proportion. Access tips.