Taishō

The Ihara Sōjūrō Residence storehouse in Shiraichi is the town's only three-storey kura, built by an ironcasting family in the Taishō era. Registered 2025.

Raised in 1925 and opened in 1927, this playhouse in Fuchū keeps its revolving stage, under-stage pit and hanamichi walkway beneath a Western king post truss roof.

A Taisho house in Higashihiroshima, Hiroshima, registered in 2012. Its 231 sq m plan has a cusped gable at the porch and a coved coffered ceiling in the main room.

A 31 sq m Taisho annexe in Higashihiroshima, Hiroshima, linked to the main house by a roofed corridor. A cusped window and lobed bamboo lattice show unusual care.

Linked by a covered corridor to the main house at Kanemitsu Brewery, this late-Taisho detached building shows the sukiya-refined domestic side of a sake-brewing family.

The Kanemitsu Sake Brewery Bottling House in Kurose-cho, Higashihiroshima City, Hiroshima Prefecture, is a nationally Registered Tangible Cultural Property designated in 2020. Eight brewery structures including the bottling house, brewing storehouse, and chimney preserve the culture and history of traditional Japanese sake production since the brewery's founding in 1880. The still-active brewery produces the award-winning Kamo Kinshu sake and features an on-site direct sales shop.

The Nisshin Forestry Co., Ltd. Kake Branch Office in Akiota, Hiroshima Prefecture, is a wooden building originally constructed in 1921 as a bank branch and registered as a national Tangible Cultural Property. Its ingenious design makes a single-story structure appear as a two-story machiya townhouse. Located near attractions such as Sandankyo Gorge and Yoshimizuen Garden, it offers a fascinating glimpse into Taisho-era rural architecture.

East of the storehouses stands this square Taisho brick chimney, about 17.7 metres tall and laid in English bond, kept as a landmark on the Saijo sake street.

This Taisho earthen-walled block links the main house with the storehouses and now works as a store, its masonry recording the layout of the young Kamoizumi brewery.

This large Taisho storehouse divides into East and Middle halves across a ground-floor passage, its white great-walls and red tile defining the Saijo brewery street.

Joining the passage on the west, this late-Taisho storehouse was refaced with namako-kabe under Shigemori Mirei's direction as the backdrop to the New Zashiki garden.

The largest of three Taisho-era warehouses at Sanyotsuru Shuzo in Saijo, Higashihiroshima. Registered in 2016, its 207 square metres of red pantile shape the street.

The smallest of three Taisho-era warehouses at Sanyotsuru Shuzo in Saijo, Higashihiroshima. Registered 2016, it has no stairs: the top floor opens off its neighbour.

A Taisho-era storehouse at Sanyotsuru Shuzo in Saijo, Higashihiroshima, registered in 2016. Ten ken long, half of it open to the roof, trusses made of round logs.

Discover Jihou-tou, a 1922 Art Deco concrete bell tower in Higashihiroshima, Hiroshima Prefecture. This Registered Tangible Cultural Property was built with an American-made bell donated by Japanese emigrants and still sounds a siren five times daily.

Discover Takemura-ya Main House, a Taisho-era registered tangible cultural property ryokan in Onomichi, Hiroshima. This seaside inn, famous as a filming location for Yasujiro Ozu's Tokyo Story, features exquisite shoin-zukuri architecture overlooking the Onomichi Channel.

Discover the gate and wall of Takemura-ya Honkan in Onomichi, Hiroshima — a Registered Tangible Cultural Property and filming location of Ozu Yasujiro's "Tokyo Story." Learn about its Taisho-era architecture, cultural significance, and visitor information.

Discover Tamon-tei, a registered tangible cultural property nestled on the hillside of Mt. Senkoji in Onomichi, Hiroshima. This Taisho-era former ryotei showcases rustic sukiya-style architecture and offers a glimpse into the historic townscape of Japan's beloved slope town.

Discover Nishiyama Honkan, a registered tangible cultural property in Onomichi. This Taisho-era wooden ryokan features sukiya-style rooms, rare timber craftsmanship, and a fascinating blend of Japanese and Western architecture reflecting a thriving port town.

Discover Kuyamada Reservoir Dam in Onomichi, Hiroshima — a stunning 1924 stone-clad dam blending gravity and arch engineering. Still an active water source, this Registered Tangible Cultural Property tells a remarkable story of philanthropy and Taisho-era civil engineering.