Shōwa
Ehime · 昭和Browse Ehime’s cultural heritage from the Shōwa period (1926 – 1989). Filter by type and keyword, with concise stories, maps, and travel tips.
The Nagahama Ohashi in Ozu, Ehime, a bascule bridge of 1935 by Masuda Jun, is the oldest surviving road bascule bridge and still opens on Sundays at 13:00.
The Middle and East Buildings of Hizuchi Elementary School, Yawatahama, Ehime, designated 2012. Matsumura Masatsune's timber modernism, cluster plan, and open days.
A 9.5-metre concrete lantern of 1931 beside a pilgrimage road at Saijo in Ehime, registered in 2002, with jewel finial, cap and four-way fire chamber all cast.
Built in 1938 at Ainan in Ehime, the Imura Family Residence Main House splits at its door: Japanese rooms west, drawing room and green tiles east. Registered 2003.
Uchinoura Public Hall, a 1937 timber hall on Kawanoishi harbour in Yawatahama, Ehime, sets a washed-mortar Western face over a tatami room. Registered in 2001.
Umebijin Sake Brewery Boiler Room and Chimney in Yawatahama, Ehime, dates from 1928: a king-post truss, a monitor roof for steam, and a brick chimney.
Umebijin Sake Brewery Office in Yawatahama, Ehime, is a tiled 1931 shop-office registered in 2004. Granite rustication, sash windows, a parapet, and how to visit.
The Ehime Prefectural Education Hall of 1937 in Matsuyama, a three-storey timber building by a prefectural architect, blends Western design with Japanese ornament.
The Ehime Prefectural Government Main Building in Matsuyama, completed in 1929, is an H-shaped concrete office with a domed tower, still in use by the prefecture.
Built in 1927 as a retirement house, the Ochi Family Residence Sukiya in Saijo, Ehime was registered in 2002 for its exemplary design, coffered and woven ceilings.
The Ochi Family Residence Tea House in Saijo, Ehime, called Shoin, is a 15-square-metre tea room of 1927, registered in 2002 for its exacting small-room design.
The Kagiya Kana Shokodo in Matsuyama, built in 1929 to honour the founder of Iyo kasuri, is an octagonal concrete hall by Kigo Shichiro with a curved tiled roof.
Kihoku Town Hall in Ehime, built in 1958 to a design by the Raymond office, roofs its council chamber with a hyperbolic paraboloid shell and is still in use.
Built in the early Showa era as a study for the Kimura children, this small wing in Mitsu, Matsuyama, opens its upper east wall toward the harbour. Registered 2019.
The youngest building on the Sano family plot in Uchiko, Ehime, built around 1932. Its high rooms and glazed veranda mark it as an early Showa detached wing.
An early Showa pier at Shono, Ikata, Ehime, built to land materials for the Hoyo Fortress. Twenty-four columns, 73 meters, known as the battleship jetty.
Built in 1963 behind the Suzuki main house in Mitsuhama, this annex holds a six-mat tea room that keeps its crawl-through door yet opens one side to the garden.
Built in 1935 for a Sumitomo Chemical manager in Niihama, this registered house splits guest and family space with a central tatami corridor. Free Sunday tours.
Completed in 1959, this auditor's house is the only postwar building among Niihama's six registered Sumitomo residences. Exterior viewing only at present.
At 295 square meters, this 1935 executive house is the largest of Niihama's six registered Sumitomo residences, clad in vertical boards and white plaster.