Taishō

Discover the Sumiyoshi Ryokan Dozō, a Registered Tangible Cultural Property in Takayama, Gifu Prefecture. Originally built as a pawnshop storehouse in the Taisho period, this two-story earthen-walled kura features remarkable kakeko-nuri doors decorated with black lacquer plaster, showcasing exceptional traditional plastering craftsmanship.

Discover Chitoserou Ryuhokaku, a registered tangible cultural property within the historic Chitoserou ryokan in Yoro, Gifu. Built in the Taisho era with elegant red-plastered walls and refined sukiya-style guest rooms, this wing is part of a 260-year-old inn near the legendary Yoro Falls.

Step onto a 98-meter stone platform built in 1923 and shelter in a small wooden waiting room beside rails of the Nagaragawa Railway in Mino City, Gifu. Registered as a National Tangible Cultural Property in 2013, this Taisho-era station preserves the atmosphere of Japan's pre-war local railways and serves as the perfect entrance to Mino's famed "Udatsu" merchant townscape and washi paper culture.

Built in 1923 as the terminus of the Etsumi-Nan Line, this 24-metre-wide, 189-square-metre wooden station building still serves passengers more than a century later. Registered as a national heritage in 2013, it pairs naturally with a walk through Mino's Udatsu townscape.

Discover the Ryokan Kaminaka Dozō, a Registered Tangible Cultural Property in Takayama, Gifu. This Meiji-period storehouse is part of a beautifully preserved former pleasure quarter inn where guests can stay overnight and experience authentic Japanese heritage.

A 43-meter dry-stone sabo dam built in 1921 above the Kamioka mining town, shielding the works from debris flows after the deadly 1920 disaster. A Registered Tangible Cultural Property in Hida, Gifu.

A 1921 dry-stone sabo dam in a Hida ravine, registered as cultural property in 2019. Its hand-laid stones shielded the Kamioka zinc mine that powered modern Japan.