Shōwa

Nagano · 昭和

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132 total Nagano Shōwa Period 1926 – 1989
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Miyazawa Family Residence Udegimon Gate
Nagano 昭和前
Miyazawa Family Residence Udegimon Gate

A c.1936 bracket-arm gate beside the main house entrance in Misato, Azumino, with single-plank studded doors, a shachi ridge ornament and angled sleeve walls.

Miyazawa Family Residence Main House
Nagano 昭和前
Miyazawa Family Residence Main House

A deep-eaved 1936 hip-and-gable house in Misato, Azumino, built for a mayor's and silk-reeling family, with carved transoms and a 32-mat hall for guests.

Miyazawa Family Residence Detached Wing
Nagano 昭和前
Miyazawa Family Residence Detached Wing

A c.1935 one-story wing in Misato, Azumino, built before the main house: timber-faced toward the house, plastered with namako tiles behind to match the storehouse.

Yudanaka Station Old Station Building
Nagano 昭和前
Yudanaka Station Old Station Building

The old station building at Yudanaka in Yamanouchi, Nagano, built in 1927, has open canopies, a gable over its entrance and Stick-style walls, now a meeting place.

Yokoyu River Dam
Nagano 昭和前
Yokoyu River Dam

Yokoyu River Dam, a 1944 sabo weir at Shibu Onsen, Nagano, fills the gap between two Home Ministry dams; at 3.8 m it is the tallest of eight and has a wing channel.

Yokoyu River No. 1 Dam
Nagano 昭和前
Yokoyu River No. 1 Dam

Yokoyu River No. 1 Dam, a 1938 concrete sabo dam faced in mortared stone, 48 m long and 3 m high, is the lowest of eight registered dams below Shibu Onsen, Nagano.

Yokoyu River No. 57 Dam
Nagano 昭和前
Yokoyu River No. 57 Dam

Yokoyu River No. 57 Dam, a 1927 Home Ministry sabo weir above Shibu Onsen, Nagano, is the longest of the eight at 58 m, with a gentle upstream and steep lower face.

Yokoyu River No. 3 Dam
Nagano 昭和前
Yokoyu River No. 3 Dam

Yokoyu River No. 3 Dam, built in 1936 right below the Kurokawa Bridge at the entrance to Shibu Onsen, Nagano, is a 40 m stone-faced concrete sabo dam, listed 2021.

Yokoyu River No. 2 Dam
Nagano 昭和前
Yokoyu River No. 2 Dam

Yokoyu River No. 2 Dam, a low 1937 sabo weir in Yamanouchi, Nagano, is faced with evenly sized river cobbles and forms part of a channel-works scheme, listed 2021.

Yorozuya Ryokan Momoyama Bath
Nagano 昭和中
Yorozuya Ryokan Momoyama Bath

The Momoyama Bath of the Yorozuya inn at Yudanaka Onsen, Nagano, built in 1951 to designs by Okitsu Kiyoshi, has a cusped-gable entrance and a temple-style frame.

Katakura Hall
Nagano 昭和
Katakura Hall

Aizawa Shoten Store
Nagano 昭和前
Aizawa Shoten Store

Araya Community Center
Nagano 昭和中
Araya Community Center

Iida City Otemachi Elementary School Building
Nagano 昭和前
Iida City Otemachi Elementary School Building

Iida City Oitemachi Elementary School Auditorium
Nagano 昭和前
Iida City Oitemachi Elementary School Auditorium

Kakuro (Fukui Family Villa Main House)
Nagano 昭和前
Kakuro (Fukui Family Villa Main House)

Kamagafuchi Dam
Nagano 昭和前
Kamagafuchi Dam

Karuizawa New Studio (former Antonin Raymond Karuizawa
Nagano 昭和中
Karuizawa New Studio (former Antonin Raymond Karuizawa

Northern Castle Bridge
Nagano 昭和中
Northern Castle Bridge

Former Asabuki Villa (Suikyu-So)
Nagano 昭和前
Former Asabuki Villa (Suikyu-So)