Shōwa

Discover the Shokakuji Stone Wall (Ishiguro) in Nahari, Kochi Prefecture — a Registered Tangible Cultural Property built in the early Showa period to shield the temple from typhoon winds using traditional round cobblestones.

Explore Shokakuji Main Hall, a Registered Tangible Cultural Property in Nahari, Kochi Prefecture. This early Showa-period Shingon Buddhist temple features traditional hōgyō-zukuri architecture and serves as the 9th stop on the Shikoku 33 Kannon Pilgrimage.

Discover Taisho Bridge, a registered tangible cultural property in Shimanto Town, Kochi. This 138-meter steel Warren truss bridge from 1928 spans the Yusuhara River with elegant geometric granite pillars.

Takaiwa Bridge in Ino Town, Kochi Prefecture, is a reinforced concrete girder bridge built in 1928 and registered as a Tangible Cultural Property of Japan. Spanning the Kamiyakawa River in the Niyodo River system, it features distinctive pierced piers and a unified design that tells the story of modernization in Japan's mountainous heartland.

Discover Tsutoya Store and Main Residence, a beautifully preserved 1933 machiya townhouse in Yasuda Town, Kochi Prefecture. This Registered Tangible Cultural Property showcases early Showa-era commercial architecture with distinctive regional tile work and traditional craftsmanship.

An 18-metre reinforced concrete garden wall of the early Showa era, pierced with curved diamonds and checkerboard voids. Registered in 2003 as not easy to reproduce.

Just 1.5 metres wide, this early Showa timber gate divides entrance from garden at Hyakunen-ya in Kochi. Registered in 2003 for the order it brings to the approach.

A 1929 merchant house at a corner of the Shikoku pilgrimage route in Aki, Kochi. Four tiers of drip tiles guard its east wall. Registered in 2013; exterior only.

A 5.8-metre earthen wall in Aki, Kochi, coated in Tosa lime plaster with a corded plaster ridge built against typhoons. Registered in 2013 with the house it adjoins.