Shōwa

Kawakami Junior High School Main Building is a rare post-war wooden schoolhouse in Kimotsuki Town, Kagoshima. Built in 1949 and registered as a National Tangible Cultural Property, it offers a nostalgic glimpse into Japan's mid-20th century rural education.

Standing in the historic Kaseda-fumoto samurai quarter of Minamisatsuma City, Kagoshima, the Former Ajisaka Clinic is a rare single-story wooden Western-style medical building from the early Shōwa period, built by Dr. Shigehiko Ajisaka. Its varied roof composition, weatherboard walls, and decorative eave supports reflect the era's blend of Japanese craftsmanship and Western style. Registered as a National Tangible Cultural Property in 2009, it is a constituent of the Japan Heritage 'Samurai Town' storyline.

A 1941 wooden post office at Nakayamada in Minamikyushu, Kagoshima. Extended window frames give it a stick-style face, and the 〒 mark is set into the porch bracket.

Built in 1935 on Kakeroma Island in Setouchi, Kagoshima, this 3.7-square-metre concrete structure in shrine form held imperial portraits and the education rescript.

A white wooden clinic of 1928 on the old samurai street at Nagayoshi in Hioki, Kagoshima. It practised for fifty years, closing in 1978, and covers 52 square metres.

Built in 1929 on Tokunoshima, this concrete schoolhouse encloses its hall and stair against typhoons. Registered in 2021, it is the island's oldest concrete school.

A 1941 reinforced concrete magazine at Chiran, Kagoshima: 8.7 square metres, walls 26 cm thick, gunnery rounds inside, and bullet scars still on the exterior.

A 1941 concrete anchor block at Chiran, Kagoshima, 2.3 m high on a 70 sq m slab, which held the cable of a pulley rig that taught pilots the three-point landing.

Located within the precinct of Kirishima Jingu in Kagoshima Prefecture, the Kirishima Jingu Shamusho is a large-scale traditional Japanese building completed in 1930. With a building area of 548 sqm, this single-story wooden structure topped with copper plate roofing combines formal reception rooms in the north wing and a central-corridor working wing to the south. Registered as a National Tangible Cultural Property in 2006, it stands as a refined Showa-era counterpart to the National Treasure main halls of the shrine.

Discover the Former Hoanden of Satsukawa Elementary School, a 1935 reinforced concrete structure modeled after Shinto shrine architecture, registered as a national Tangible Cultural Property in Setouchi Town, Amami Oshima, Kagoshima Prefecture.

The Yama Elementary School Building in Tokunoshima, Kagoshima Prefecture, is a 1955 reinforced concrete school featuring distinctive open-air corridors based on the USCAR standard design. Registered as a National Tangible Cultural Property in 2022, it stands as a testament to the Amami Islands' transition from American administration to Japanese sovereignty.

The Former Hoanden of Setsuko Elementary and Junior High School in Setouchi Town, Kagoshima, is a reinforced concrete prewar structure modeled after traditional shrine architecture. Registered as a National Tangible Cultural Property in 2006, it features a gabled roof, bracket-railed platforms, and finely crafted details preserving the memory of Japan's prewar educational history on Amami Oshima.

Completed in 1937, the Minami Nihon Bank Head Office is a Registered Tangible Cultural Property blending Renaissance and Sezession architectural styles. Discover its impressive Corinthian columns, arched windows, and significance as a landmark of early Showa-era architecture in Kagoshima City.