Shōwa
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Tea-house scholar Okada Takao designed this 331-square-metre Nishinomiya house, which pivots from Spanish tile to tatami. Registered property, open by booking.
Japanese storehouses are normally earthen-walled; this one in Nishinomiya is reinforced concrete, with a tatami antechamber and a darkroom set at the front.
A steel-frame water tower in the Hirao Family Residence, Toyooka. Its early-Showa frame carries a riveted tank that once piped water through the estate. Not public.
An earthen garden wall in the Hirao Family Residence, about 19 m long. A rough rubble footing carries it, exposed inside and black-plastered outside. Not open to the public.
A short 3.6 m wall linking the main house to the livestock shed, Hirao Family Residence. It cleanly separates domestic space from the working yards. Not open to the public.
A 28 m board fence enclosing the inner garden's east side, Hirao Family Residence, set on a low fieldstone retaining wall. Plain boarding gives a quiet enclosure. Not public.
A 25 m board fence and bracket gate closing the inner garden's north side in the Hirao Family Residence. Set straight on the ground, it completes the enclosure. Not public.