Shōwa

Miyagi · 昭和

Browse Miyagi’s cultural heritage from the Shōwa period (1926 – 1989). Filter by type and keyword, with concise stories, maps, and travel tips.

86 total Miyagi Shōwa Period 1926 – 1989
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Aoshita Tunnel Entrance
Miyagi 昭和前
Aoshita Tunnel Entrance

The 1933 portal of a 696-metre water conduit below Aoshita No. 1 Dam in Sendai. Pilasters and a machicolated cornice frame the arch of this registered entrance.

Aoshita No. 1 Dam
Miyagi 昭和前
Aoshita No. 1 Dam

Completed in 1934 on the Aoshita River near Sendai, this working waterworks dam stands 13.4 metres high, and its cobblestone spillway is seen from the crest bridge.

Aoshita No. 1 Dam Intake Tower
Miyagi 昭和前
Aoshita No. 1 Dam Intake Tower

A reinforced concrete cylinder of 1933 rising from a reservoir near Sendai, 15.5 metres tall. Three intake mouths at differing depths draw the cleanest layer.

Aoshita No. 3 Dam
Miyagi 昭和前
Aoshita No. 3 Dam

The uppermost of three Sendai waterworks dams, finished in 1934 with the longest crest at 60.4 metres. A sediment outlet below its subsidiary weir keeps silt down.

Aoshita No. 2 Dam
Miyagi 昭和前
Aoshita No. 2 Dam

The middle dam of three on the Aoshita River near Sendai, completed in 1934 and standing about 10 metres above the reservoir below. A forest path reaches a view.

Aoshita Dam Monument
Miyagi 昭和前
Aoshita Dam Monument

Erected in 1934 beside Aoshita No. 1 Dam near Sendai, this broad stone monument carries a goat-head spout in front and a plate naming the engineers on its reverse.

Aoshita Dam Former Management Office
Miyagi 昭和前
Aoshita Dam Former Management Office

Built in 1933 as the water source office above the first Aoshita reservoir near Sendai, this small concrete building curves its stair tower out and has portholes.

Aoshita Gauging Weir
Miyagi 昭和前
Aoshita Gauging Weir

A small cobblestone weir of 1933 standing 518 metres above Aoshita No. 3 Dam near Sendai. A notch in its crest lets the flow of the river be read as a number.

Aoba Shrine Former Megohime Shrine Protective Hall
Miyagi 昭和前
Aoba Shrine Former Megohime Shrine Protective Hall

The small protective hall before the Aoba Shrine worship hall in Sendai, dated 1931, is a gable-entry hall of 6 square metres carved to match the main hall.

Aoba Shrine Offering Preparation Hall and Offering Corridor
Miyagi 昭和前
Aoba Shrine Offering Preparation Hall and Offering Corridor

The offering preparation hall of Aoba Shrine in Sendai, built in about 1929, is a hip-and-gable hall joined to the worship hall by a corridor for carrying offerings.

Aoba Shrine Lattice Fence
Miyagi 昭和前
Aoba Shrine Lattice Fence

The 1927 openwork fence of Aoba Shrine in Sendai runs 87 metres around the main hall, with a cut-stone base, battened panels, lattice above and two wicket gates.

Aoba Shrine Middle Gate and Prayer Recitation Hall
Miyagi 昭和前
Aoba Shrine Middle Gate and Prayer Recitation Hall

At Aoba Shrine in Sendai, a 1927 four-legged middle gate in the fence is joined to an open prayer recitation hall, both sharing the carved details of the main hall.

Aoba Shrine Worship Hall
Miyagi 昭和前
Aoba Shrine Worship Hall

The 1927 worship hall of Aoba Shrine in Sendai, a five-by-three-bay hall with a copper hip-and-gable roof and coffered ceiling, closes the end of the approach.

Ichijo Inn Wooden Main Building
Miyagi 昭和前
Ichijo Inn Wooden Main Building

Three-story cedar inn at Kamasaki Onsen, rebuilt 1941 after flood damage. Cedar through-pillars run from basement to top floor. National Cultural Property, 2016.

Kakuboshi Shop
Miyagi 昭和前
Kakuboshi Shop

A 1930 earthen-walled sake shop in Kesennuma, Miyagi, registered in 2003, built on an irregular plot with parallelogram-cut timbers and rebuilt after the 2011 tsunami.

Former Sendai High School of Technology Architecture
Miyagi 昭和前
Former Sendai High School of Technology Architecture

Completed in 1930 on Tohoku University's Katahira campus, this scratch-tiled block served as the school gate: a vaulted passage runs through it under the SKK crest.

Former Takahashi Family Residence (Kaze No Sawa Museum)
Miyagi 昭和前
Former Takahashi Family Residence (Kaze No Sawa Museum)

This 1934 stable in Kurihara, Miyagi, is eleven metres long, with an earth floor, doorways widened for horses and deep segai-zukuri eaves beneath a thatched roof.

Department of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, Faculty
Miyagi 昭和前
Department of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, Faculty

Completed in 1930, this L-shaped classroom building gathers its arch, stone cladding, and rooftop tower at the center of a rare symmetrical facade.

Former Tohoku Imperial University Faculty of Engineering Mechanical and Electrical Laboratory
Miyagi 昭和前
Former Tohoku Imperial University Faculty of Engineering Mechanical and Electrical Laboratory

This 1929 laboratory pairs brick tile and arched windows with a plainer upper floor, its central entrance crowned by stained glass, in Sendai's Katahira Campus.

Second Laboratory, Faculty of Law and Literature, Former
Miyagi 昭和前
Second Laboratory, Faculty of Law and Literature, Former

Completed in 1927, this concrete building with herringbone brick tilework survived the 1945 air raids as the last Faculty of Law and Letters building.