Meiji
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A mid-Meiji stone boundary in Chiran, Kagoshima, registered in 2007. A gate 3.1 metres wide opens at one end, and dressed stone walling runs on for 77 metres.
Raised in 1906 to welcome home Russo-Japanese War veterans, this 4.7-meter stone arch at Aira in Kagoshima is one of very few permanent triumphal gates in Japan.
A thatched farmhouse of about 1877 in Chiran, Kagoshima, one of only three surviving Chiran-type futatsuya, which join living and kitchen blocks. Registered in 2007.
A two-story plastered storehouse of about 1875 in Chiran, Kagoshima, registered in 2007. Its cut-stone footing includes a single block running fully 3.8 meters.
The Okubo Toshimichi Related Documents, designated as an Important Cultural Property of Japan and housed at the Reimeikan in Kagoshima, comprise 1,650 items including diaries, letters, government documents, and personal artifacts of Okubo Toshimichi — one of the Three Great Nobles of the Meiji Restoration. Featuring correspondence with Saigo Takamori, Iwakura Tomomi, and other founding figures of modern Japan, this extraordinary collection reveals the behind-the-scenes story of Japan's transformation from feudal society to modern nation-state.