Meiji

Nagasaki · 明治

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65 total Nagasaki Meiji Period 1868 – 1912
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Dejima Bridge
Nagasaki 明治
Dejima Bridge

Erected in 1890 and moved to Dejima in 1910, this pin-connected Pratt truss is the oldest iron road bridge in Japan still carrying vehicles. Registered in 2021.

Nakaoyama Pottery Shop Akaikura
Nagasaki 明治
Nakaoyama Pottery Shop Akaikura

This 1890 porcelain wholesaler's house in Hasami keeps its doma, mise and zashiki plan intact. Registered in 2003, it now trades as a Hasami ware gallery and shop.

Nagasaki University Komaneki Bridge (Former Nagasaki Higher Commercial School)
Nagasaki 明治
Nagasaki University Komaneki Bridge (Former Nagasaki Higher Commercial School)

The Komaneki Bridge of 1903 at Nagasaki University, a smooth stone arch over the Nishiyama River, survives from the founding of the commercial school.

Nagasaki University Faculty of Economics Warehouse (Former Nagasaki Higher Commercial School Warehouse)
Nagasaki 明治
Nagasaki University Faculty of Economics Warehouse (Former Nagasaki Higher Commercial School Warehouse)

This brick warehouse of 1907 at Nagasaki University, in English bond on a granite base, is the only building left from the founding of the commercial school.

Maruichi Funeral Hall (Former Kobayashi Family Residence Sake Storehouse)
Nagasaki 明治
Maruichi Funeral Hall (Former Kobayashi Family Residence Sake Storehouse)

The former Kobayashi sake storehouse in Shimabara, Nagasaki, of the late Meiji period, is a huge plastered store with a three-tier roof facing the national road.

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Nagasaki Shipyard Hammerhead Crane
Nagasaki 明治
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Nagasaki Shipyard Hammerhead Crane

The British-built 150-ton hammerhead crane of 1909 at the Mitsubishi shipyard in Nagasaki, part of a World Heritage Site, is to be lowered in December 2026.

Miyazaki Shoten Chimney
Nagasaki 明治
Miyazaki Shoten Chimney

The brick chimney of Miyazaki Shoten in Shimabara, Nagasaki, built in 1906, is round, about 12 metres tall and crowned with two rings that recall a Tuscan column.

Miyazaki Shoten Shochu Brewery
Nagasaki 明治
Miyazaki Shoten Shochu Brewery

The shochu storehouse of Miyazaki Shoten in Shimabara, Nagasaki, built in 1906, is a 2-storey clay-walled store whose south gable marks a slope near the castle.

Miyazaki Shoten Store
Nagasaki 明治
Miyazaki Shoten Store

The Miyazaki Shoten Store in Shimabara, Nagasaki, a brewer's shop of 1906, pairs a low gabled shop wing with a taller tatami-room wing on a corner plot.

Yumiharidake Observatory
Nagasaki 明治
Yumiharidake Observatory

Yumiharidake Observatory in Sasebo, built in 1965, is a thin concrete shell by Tsuboi Yoshikatsu resting on 3 points, with a relief by Hongo Shin and wide sea views.

Ryotei Harumi
Nagasaki 明治
Ryotei Harumi

Ryotei Harumi in Nagasaki, a restaurant building of 1907 west of Sofukuji, has rooms stepping back along a pond, a shoin core and sukiya rooms of prized timber.

Aosagaura Cathedral
Nagasaki 明治
Aosagaura Cathedral

Ohno Church
Nagasaki 明治
Ohno Church

Former Gorin Church
Nagasaki 明治
Former Gorin Church

Kuroshima Cathedral
Nagasaki 明治
Kuroshima Cathedral

Kofuku-Ji Temple Main Hall (Daibutsuden)
Nagasaki 明治
Kofuku-Ji Temple Main Hall (Daibutsuden)

Former British Consulate in Nagasaki
Nagasaki 明治
Former British Consulate in Nagasaki

Former Nagasaki Customs Shiorimatsu Police Station
Nagasaki 明治
Former Nagasaki Customs Shiorimatsu Police Station

Higashiyamate No. 12 Building
Nagasaki 明治
Higashiyamate No. 12 Building

Honkawachi Water Source Waterworks Facility
Nagasaki 明治
Honkawachi Water Source Waterworks Facility