Taishō

Built in 1913 as a Bank of Japan deputy governor's villa and moved twice to Mt. Akagi, this refined house pairs tatami rooms with a Western parlour. Registered in 2025.

Raised in 1913 to keep a soy sauce brewer's account books safe from fire, this small plastered storehouse in Midori City, Gunma, was registered in 2013.

Discover the Kanezen Building (Kanezen Biru) in Kiryu, Gunma Prefecture — one of the oldest reinforced concrete structures in the prefecture, built around 1921 with Secessionist-style ornamentation. A nationally registered tangible cultural property that reflects Kiryu's golden age as Japan's silk textile capital.

Standing in the heart of Maebashi's central district, the Former Otake Sake Brewery Brick Warehouse is a two-story brick structure built in 1923 during the Taisho era. Registered as a national Tangible Cultural Property in 2016, it is the only remaining sake brewery building in downtown Maebashi. The building uniquely blends Western brick masonry with traditional Japanese timber-frame roof construction. Now operating as the Maebashi Arts and Culture Brick Warehouse, it serves as a vibrant multipurpose event hall where history and the arts coexist.

A brick gate of 1916 on the Kiryu campus of Gunma University, listed in 1998 for its design. Gothic canopies crown all four faces of each pier, with lamps above.

A 1922 weaving shed of dressed Oya stone with five sawtooth bays, registered in 2006 and the only stone mill inside Kiryu's preservation district. Exterior only.

Built in Tokyo in 1924 for Viscount Toki Akira and twice rebuilt in Numata, this German-influenced villa keeps its ox-eye dormer and two reception rooms.

Funded by Numata's silk-exporting Hoshino family and built in 1914 by carpenter Kosuge Konosuke, this clapboard chapel is Gunma's third oldest and is free to enter.

A Taisho-era brewing complex in Maebashi, Gunma. Its earthen-walled sakagura keeps both floors undivided for tall vats, with a kamaya east and oroshi lean-to south.

A 1923 machiya facing the old Sado highway in Maebashi, Gunma. Deep segai eaves shape its gabled front, and local residents now run it as HONMAYA, open weekends.

A 1913 brick warehouse in Maebashi, Gunma, 54 metres long in English bond, built to hold raw silk pledged against bank loans. Registered in 2004 and still in use.

The largest of the four sheds at 52 ken long, this early-Taisho timber hall forms the compound's western wall, mixing Western trusses with Japanese roof framing.

A 1920 wooden pastor's residence at Annaka Church in Gunma, whose 8- and 10-mat tatami rooms are said to be from a former Annaka domain retainer's mansion.

Discover Kitagama Substation in Tomioka, Gunma — a 1919 German-style reinforced concrete substation registered as a National Tangible Cultural Property. Learn about its role in electrifying the Tomioka Silk Mill region and its stunning architectural features.

Four timber storeys raised in stages from 1921, the West Wing of Yokotekan keeps fourteen guest rooms of choice timber and fine transom work, no two of them alike.

Built in 1920, the year fire cleared the site, the East Wing of Yokotekan ranges glass windows and rafter-lined eaves in horizontal bands above Ikaho's stone steps.

The Watarase Keikoku Railway Edogawa Bridge in Kurohone-cho, Kiryu City, Gunma Prefecture, is a railway heritage structure originally built to transport copper ore from the Ashio Mine. Manufactured in 1911 by Osaka's Kisha Seizo using steel from Britain's Dorman Long & Co., this bridge was designated a Registered Tangible Cultural Property of Japan in 2009. Ride the scenic trolley train through the Watarase Valley and experience a remarkable piece of Meiji-Taisho era engineering that connects Japanese and British industrial history.

Discover the Watarase Keikoku Railway Okurokawa Bridge, a registered tangible cultural property in Gunma Prefecture. This Taisho-era three-span steel plate girder bridge crosses the confluence of the Okurokawa and Watarase Rivers, offering a unique window into Japan's industrial railway heritage.

Discover Kami-Kambai Station in Midori City, Gunma Prefecture — a wooden station building from 1912, registered as a national tangible cultural property. Explore its original wooden ticket gate, gravel platform, and Taisho-era charm along the scenic Watarase Valley.

Discover the Watarase Keikoku Railway Godo Station Hazardous Materials Storehouse, a Registered Tangible Cultural Property in Midori City, Gunma Prefecture. This Taisho-era stone structure preserves the legacy of Japan's industrial railway heritage along the scenic Watarase Valley.