Taishō
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A Taisho-era tea room relocated around 1960 to become a 45-square-metre detached guest room, standing on a stone wall behind the main hall in Kashiwazaki, Niigata.
A small 1921 farm store on a stone wall above the old Aizu Kaido in Aga, Niigata, registered as a Tangible Cultural Property in 2024 for its role in the landscape.
A Taisho kura in Matsuo, Nagaoka, registered in 2007. A separate sheet-iron roof keeps the plaster dry, boarded screens block snow, and rice filled the ground floor.
Built in 1916 after fire razed Yahiko Shrine, this tiled talisman office faces the water basin on the main approach. Its gable end was shaped for the east path.
Fire took this tiny hall at Yahiko Shrine in 1912. Rebuilt in 1916 to its earlier form, it honours Takemorozumi, the deity said to have built the shrine itself.
Third in Yahiko Shrine's row of eight small halls, this 1916 rebuilding matches Otoko Jinja in scale and detail. Its deity is remembered for quiet reflection.