Shōwa

The nagayamon gatehouse and wall of the Shioda Family Residence in Shodoshima, with charred-cedar and black plaster and a genji-bei wall on a riverside stone base.

The east annex of the Shioda Family Residence in Shodoshima, a half-hipped building with a lattice window facing the river, said by tradition to have first been a shop.

The south storehouse of the Shioda Family Residence in Shodoshima, the smallest of the five, standing on the stone embankment at a bend of the Umaki River.

Shimizu Kannon-dō is a modest Buddhist hall standing beside a legendary spring in the Karato district of Teshima island, Kagawa Prefecture. Together with the adjacent communal water facility and Shimizu Shrine, it forms a unique cultural landscape where water and faith are inseparably intertwined, registered as a national Tangible Cultural Property in 2001.

Discover the Shimotakase Simple Post Office, a 1935 Western-style building originally built as the Maruoka Kimono Shop in Mitoyo City, Kagawa. This Registered Tangible Cultural Property features a stunning central atrium with skylights, inspired by Kyoto's modern architecture. Still in use as a working post office, it offers a unique glimpse into early Showa commercial architecture in rural Shikoku.

Discover Hori Family Clock Shop, a Registered Tangible Cultural Property in Marugame, Kagawa. This early Shōwa-period kanban-style building features a Western-inspired mortar facade with gable ornaments, originally built as a clinic and now a beloved local landmark near Marugame Castle.

Near the guest rooms of the Yamada house, a garden gate barely a meter wide is roofed with bold arched tiles, an early-Showa accent between the south and west gardens.

The Nogi Shrine Temizusha (hand-washing pavilion) in Zentsuji City, Kagawa Prefecture, is a Registered Tangible Cultural Property built around 1935 as part of a shrine complex dedicated to General Nogi Maresuke. Featuring a modernized Shinmei-zukuri architectural style inspired by Ise Grand Shrine, it was registered along with the main hall, worship hall, and torii gate in 2002. Located alongside the Kagawa Prefecture Gokoku Shrine and near the birthplace of Kobo Daishi, it offers visitors a unique window into Japan's early Showa-era shrine architecture and modern history.