Shōwa
Okayama · 昭和Browse Okayama’s cultural heritage from the Shōwa period (1926 – 1989). Filter by type and keyword, with concise stories, maps, and travel tips.
Marumoto Sake Brewery Connecting Corridor, Okayama: an early Showa open loading bay of 123 square metres, flared in plan and trussed, beside the West Storehouse.
Mizote Family Residence Billiard Hall is a 1936 games room in Hayashima with a parquet floor, a built-in cue rack and scoreboard, and a plain Japanese exterior.
The Myokyoji Omizuya Purification Pavilion at Saijo Inari in Okayama is an open water shelter of 1954 whose carved brackets show a modern take on temple ornament.
The Myokyoji Sacred Horse Stable at Saijo Inari in Okayama is a small early Showa stable for a sacred horse statue, with a tiled gable roof and plaster walls.
The Myokyoji Sanko Tennosha Shrine at Saijo Inari in Okayama is a 1927 shrine whose beams are carved as dragons, by the local carpenter Asakusaya Shinzo.
The Myokyoji Niomon Gate at Saijo Inari in Okayama is a granite-clad concrete gate of 1957 with five domed towers, designed by the architect Kishida Hideto.
The Myokyoji Nobu and Aki Tennosha Shrine at Saijo Inari in Okayama is a tiny 1931 shrine whose porch, carved with a dragon and a phoenix, is large for its body.
The Myokyoji Yomori Tennosha Shrine at Saijo Inari in Okayama is an early Showa one-bay shrine with a railed veranda and porch beam ends carved in openwork.