Meiji

明治

Browse Japan’s cultural heritage from the Meiji period (1868 – 1912). Filter by prefecture, type, and keyword, with concise stories, maps, and travel tips.

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Honganji Yokkaichi Betsuin Audience Hall
Oita 明治
Honganji Yokkaichi Betsuin Audience Hall

An early-Meiji audience hall at Usa in Oita, 205 square metres, pairing rooms of 18 and 10 mats with the smaller raised as a dais. Registered in 2016.

Myojuji Temple Main Hall
Oita 明治
Myojuji Temple Main Hall

The main hall of Myojuji Temple in Bungotakada, Oita, built in about 1902 to designs by Sasaki Iwajiro, is a 764-square-metre Shin Buddhist hall with fine eaves.

Former Shitsu Rescue Center
Nagasaki 明治
Former Shitsu Rescue Center

The Former Shitsu Rescue Center in Nagasaki, built 1883 to 1885 by Father de Rotz for villagers, keeps a workshop, macaroni factory and net factory on a slope.

Shitsu Church
Nagasaki 明治
Shitsu Church

Shitsu Church in Nagasaki, consecrated in 1882 and completed in 1909 by Father de Rotz, is a rare early church of brick and timber; visits need advance notice.

Former Latin Seminary
Nagasaki 明治
Former Latin Seminary

The Former Latin Seminary beside Oura Cathedral in Nagasaki, a half-timbered brick building of 1875 by Father de Rotz, now houses the Kirishitan Museum.

Former Ringer Residence (Minamiyamate Cho, Nagasaki City, Nagasaki Prefecture)
Nagasaki 明治
Former Ringer Residence (Minamiyamate Cho, Nagasaki City, Nagasaki Prefecture)

A single-storey merchant's house of about 1868 in Nagasaki, its stone walls from Amakusa and veranda granite from Vladivostok. Important Cultural Property, 1966.

Ikegami Family Residence
Nagasaki 明治
Ikegami Family Residence

Ikegami Family Residence in Nagasaki's Ōura district is a clapboard Western-style house of the late Meiji 20s, registered in 1998. Lived in; viewed from the street.

Umegae Sake Brewery Former North Storehouse
Nagasaki 明治
Umegae Sake Brewery Former North Storehouse

Umegae Sake Brewery Former North Storehouse, a Meiji rice-polishing mill in Sasebo, was moved around 1960. At 19.7 meters it is the longest of the seven registered.

Kato Sake Brewery Well
Nagasaki 明治
Kato Sake Brewery Well

An early Meiji well at the centre of the Kato Sake Brewery lot in Shimabara: a 1.2 m square tuff curb around a round shaft 10 m deep, said to supply brewing water.

Kato Sake Brewery Rear Earthen Wall
Nagasaki 明治
Kato Sake Brewery Rear Earthen Wall

An early Meiji earthen wall 37 m long enclosing the back of the Kato Sake Brewery lot in Shimabara, with a diagonal corner and a service door. Registered 2008.

Kato Sake Brewery Store and Main House
Nagasaki 明治
Kato Sake Brewery Store and Main House

This early Meiji townhouse in Shimabara holds the brewer's shop and home under a two-tier roof, with a 263 mm central pillar and Taisho alcoves. Registered in 2008.

Kameoka Shrine Kagura Hall
Nagasaki 明治
Kameoka Shrine Kagura Hall

Kameoka Shrine Kagura Hall, built in 1880, is an open-sided stage with a turtle-and-wave gable carving, where all 24 pieces of Hirado Kagura are danced each October.

Kameoka Shrine Worship Hall
Nagasaki 明治
Kameoka Shrine Worship Hall

Kameoka Shrine Worship Hall, built in 1880, is a square hip-and-gable hall with a veranda and stone steps; inside hang plaques of three of the four merged shrines.

Kameoka Shrine Main Hall
Nagasaki 明治
Kameoka Shrine Main Hall

Kameoka Shrine Main Hall in Hirado, built in 1880, stands on a tall stone wall at the north end of the precinct, with chigi on its ridge and deities by its steps.

Kobayakawa Family Residence Main House
Nagasaki 明治
Kobayakawa Family Residence Main House

An 1890 single-storey house in the middle of a Shimabara samurai estate, its reception, entrance and kitchen wings stepped diagonally. Registered 2012. Rarely open.

Kobayakawa Family Residence Brick Wall
Nagasaki 明治
Kobayakawa Family Residence Brick Wall

A late-Meiji brick wall that steps down a sloping road in three heights along the north side of a Shimabara samurai estate; said to date from a road widening.

Sato Family Residence Main House
Nagasaki 明治
Sato Family Residence Main House

A tall 2-storey timber house of c.1899 in Nishidomari, Nagasaki, with a brick firewall on its east boundary, registered in 1997 for its rare mix of wood and brick.

Sato Family Residence Stone Warehouse A
Nagasaki 明治
Sato Family Residence Stone Warehouse A

An early Meiji stone warehouse on a corner in Nishidomari, Nagasaki: sandstone walls with a cornice and gables of thin local konnyaku brick, registered in 1997.

Sato Family Residence Stone Warehouse B
Nagasaki 明治
Sato Family Residence Stone Warehouse B

A 2-storey stone warehouse of c.1899 at the Sato house in Nagasaki, a rare survivor of the stone stores once common in the city's foreign settlement, listed 1997.

Sato Family Residence Wooden Annex
Nagasaki 明治
Sato Family Residence Wooden Annex

A small single-storey timber annex of c.1899 at the Sato house in Nagasaki, linking the main house to a stone warehouse, with brick firewalls on both long walls.