Taishō

Built in 1918 by master builder Tetsukawa Yosuke, this hilltop brick church above Hirado Strait pairs a dark exterior with a pale, camellia-carved interior.

Discover the Sasebo Civic Culture Hall, originally built in 1923 as the Imperial Japanese Navy Sasebo Naval District Victory Memorial Hall. This Registered Tangible Cultural Property and Japan Heritage site in Nagasaki Prefecture features neoclassical brick architecture commemorating Japan's WWI Mediterranean naval operations. Free admission for visitors.

Built in 1918 at the historic eastern gateway to Nagasaki where the Narutaki River once marked the final approach along the Nagasaki Kaidō highway, Nakagawa Bridge is a single-arch stone structure registered as a Tangible Cultural Property of Japan in 2009. Although reinforced concrete was already common at the time of its construction, stone was chosen deliberately to honour the centuries-old tradition of Nagasaki's stone arch bridges. With its striking contrast of white granite and dark andesite, it stands as the final masterpiece in a lineage that began with the famous Meganebashi of 1634, while just upstream the older Furubashi of 1654 still survives as a city-designated cultural property.

The Former Nagasaki City Mayor's Residence is a two-story timber Western-style house designed by architect Suehiro Heisaku and completed in 1922. With its mansard roof, terracotta-clad walls, and Vienna Secession motifs in the entrance hall, it embodies Taishō-era modernism and was registered as a national tangible cultural property in 2009. Located a short walk from Suwa Shrine and the Nagasaki Museum of History and Culture, it is an essential stop on any tour of Nagasaki's modern architecture.

Completed in 1926 beneath the historic Himi Pass in Nagasaki, this 642-meter road tunnel was the largest in Japan at the time of its construction. Registered as a national Tangible Cultural Property for its distinguished Taisho-era portal design and significance in road engineering history, the Himi Tunnel invites visitors to explore the layers of transportation heritage along the legendary Nagasaki Kaido highway.