Meiji

Discover the Former Kadowaki Family Residence, a nationally registered cultural property in Shimanto Town. This beautifully preserved 1875 thatched-roof farmhouse showcases traditional mountain village architecture along the pristine Shimanto River. Free admission.

Located in Akebono-cho, Kochi City, the Former Imperial Japanese Army 44th Infantry Regiment Auditorium is a single-storey wooden hall built around 1898-1900 and registered as a national Tangible Cultural Property in 2023. Together with a surviving ammunition depot, it preserves the physical memory of the regiment that sent generations of Kochi men to war for nearly half a century, with king-post trusses and lap-siding walls largely intact.

Located in the Asakura district of Kochi City, the Former Imperial Japanese Army Infantry 44th Regiment Ammunition Depot is a single-story brick building from the Meiji era, registered as a National Registered Tangible Cultural Property in February 2023. With its 50-centimeter-thick brick walls, iron-clad segmental-arch double doors, raised wooden floor for humidity control, and surviving earthen embankment, it stands as one of Japan's rarest surviving examples of late-19th-century military storage architecture. Together with the regiment's Lecture Hall, nearby Asakura Shrine, Asakura Castle ruins, and Kochi University campus, it forms a compelling half-day heritage walk for travelers interested in modern Japanese history.

The Main Hall of Kuwaze Shrine, a National Registered Tangible Cultural Property built in the early Meiji era, stands on a steep mountainside beside Tsubute Falls in Ino Town, Kochi Prefecture. Despite its compact 6.2 m² footprint, the hall features vivid polychrome carvings of dragons, baku, and phoenixes, showcasing remarkable craftsmanship cherished by the local community for generations.

In Aki's Doi Kakuchu quarter, Kochi, this two-storey earthen storehouse shows the Tosa manner: a boarded base, lime plaster, and two tiers of drip tiles. Registered 2005.

In Aki's Doi Kakuchu quarter, Kochi, this late-Meiji house was both doctor's home and clinic, its waiting and consulting rooms beside the family rooms. Registered 2005.

At the southwest corner of this Aki residence, Kochi, a nagayamon joins gate and building, with a passage at one end and four rooms alongside. Registered 2005.

Behind the main house of this Aki residence, Kochi, a small wing stands by the storehouse: an earthen floor, a raised floor, and eaves sheltering a well. Registered 2005.

Along the west edge of this Aki residence, Kochi, the wall joins a Tosa-plaster section and a neribei of river cobbles with old tiles at each end. Registered 2005.

Built in 1890 and relocated around 1917, this 201-square-metre Kochi house wears a hipped tile roof stepped down at the eaves. Registered in 2003, now a guesthouse.