Taishō
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Kanagawa Taishō Period
1912 – 1926
This small brick shelter of 1915 caps the distribution well at Yokohama's Nishiya plant, mirroring its twin across the reservoir. Opened to visitors in July 2026.
An Important Cultural Property film recording Onoe Matsunosuke—Japan's first movie star—performing the iconic "Farewell at Sakurai" before the future Emperor Shōwa at Japan's first motion picture exhibition in 1921. Only the second film ever designated nationally; a digitally restored version is freely available online, with related exhibits at the National Film Archive of Japan in Kyobashi, Tokyo.