Shōwa
Chiba · 昭和Browse Chiba’s cultural heritage from the Shōwa period (1926 – 1989). Filter by type and keyword, with concise stories, maps, and travel tips.
The Nishihiro cannery in Choshi began as a bonito workshop, rebuilt in 1935 with timber trusses over a columnless hall and a tatami office above. Registered in 2018.
Oya stone at the base, three courses of local Choshi stone above, then English-bond brick corbelling out to a capped crown. Thirty-four metres, registered in 2018.
The Former Imperial Japanese Army Anti-Aircraft Artillery 2nd Regiment Searchlight Training Room in Kashiwa City, Chiba Prefecture, is a specialized air defense training facility built around 1938. Soldiers trained inside by projecting aircraft images onto an artificial sky created with canvas and colored lighting. One of only two such structures surviving in Japan, it was registered as a National Registered Tangible Cultural Property in 2024.
Discover the Shikiba Ryuzaburo House, a Registered Tangible Cultural Property in Ichikawa City, Chiba. Designed by Mingei masters Yanagi Muneyoshi, Hamada Shoji, and Kawai Kanjiro in 1939, this unique residence blends Eastern and Western aesthetics.
The Japan Evangelical Lutheran Ichikawa Church Hall, located along the Mama River in Ichikawa City, Chiba Prefecture, is a wooden church designed by architect William Merrell Vories in 1955 and registered as a National Registered Tangible Cultural Property in 2008. Its white walls and four-story bell tower reflect Spanish colonial influences.
In Narashino, Chiba, an eight-square-meter roof over a well holds a national cultural property listing, registered in 2003 within a grain wholesaler's compound.
In Tateyama, Chiba, the Beniya Store residence sits beside a shop made from an earthquake-surviving storehouse. From about 1926, it is a registered property.
On Noda's old Edo-River wharf, the Masuda family's early-Showa storehouse hides earthen walls behind mortar scored to mimic stone, a relic of lost river trade.
At a Nagareyama temple stands the Matsugaoka Type 1 Street Lamp, a fluted concrete post residents built to light their 1950s estate, the last of its kind intact.
Discover Mobara Ascension Church, a 1933 wooden Anglican chapel in Chiba Prefecture registered as a national Tangible Cultural Property, featuring half-timbered façade, Latin cross plan, and Tuscan-style porch columns.
Ryokan Matsunoya is a wooden two-storey Japanese inn in Katsuura, Chiba, founded in the late Edo period and rebuilt in the early Showa era. Designated a Nationally Registered Tangible Cultural Property in 2003, it still operates as a working ryokan beside the famous Katsuura Morning Market—one of Japan's three great morning markets. This guide covers its karahafu entrance, hinoki cypress private bath, in-room seafood dinners, and surrounding attractions.