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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Ichihara Shrine Main Hall
Toyama 明治
Ichihara Shrine Main Hall

Built in 1872 on a raised stone wall at Ichihara Shrine in Namerikawa, this small all-zelkova main hall has a karahafu porch and side panels by Inami carvers.

Inamiya Buddhist Altar Shop
Toyama 明治
Inamiya Buddhist Altar Shop

The Inamiya altar shop in Takaoka, Toyama, a small timber shop of 1905, has a distinctive front with a large arched window framed in cast-iron scrollwork.

Ozawa Family House Shop Storehouse
Toyama 明治
Ozawa Family House Shop Storehouse

The shop storehouse of the Ozawa family in Namerikawa, Toyama, a black-plastered late Meiji store of kimono merchants, has local snow-splitting tiles on its ridge.

Kanseiji Temple Gate
Toyama 明治
Kanseiji Temple Gate

A carved late-Meiji gate at Kanseiji in Takaoka, Toyama, three bays wide with one central opening and a coffered ceiling. Tradition ties it to Zuiryuji.

Kanseiji Temple Detached Quarters
Toyama 明治
Kanseiji Temple Detached Quarters

Built in 1906 at Kanseiji in Takaoka, Toyama, this small two-storey annex lodged the teachers of an early seminary for Soto Zen nuns. Two eight-mat rooms per floor.

Kido Family Residence Main Building
Toyama 明治
Kido Family Residence Main Building

An early Meiji merchant house on the old Hokuriku Highway in Namerikawa, Toyama, rebuilt after the fire of 1866. Registered in 2000, it keeps its shop counter.

Former Uchiyama Family Residence Niwa (Workshop)
Toyama 明治
Former Uchiyama Family Residence Niwa (Workshop)

A late-Meiji workshop in Toyama, 92 m², where the Uchiyama servants worked, with a store for snow-screen materials and stepped side rooms; registered in 1998.

Former Uchiyama Family Residence Well House
Toyama 明治
Former Uchiyama Family Residence Well House

A pavilion-like well house of the late Meiji era in Toyama, 12 m², with three posts at each corner and capitals carved like bearing blocks; registered in 1998.

Former Uchiyama Family Residence Rickshaw Shed, Drivers' Hut and Charcoal Shed
Toyama 明治
Former Uchiyama Family Residence Rickshaw Shed, Drivers' Hut and Charcoal Shed

A long single-storey wooden wing of the late Meiji era in Toyama for a rickshaw, its pullers and charcoal, screening the work yard from the garden; registered 1998.

Former Uchiyama Family Residence Back Gate
Toyama 明治
Former Uchiyama Family Residence Back Gate

A small, plain wooden munamon gate of the late Meiji era in Toyama, leading to fields to the east and doubling as an accent in the garden; registered in 1998.

Former Uchiyama Family Residence Tea Room (Yaucho)
Toyama 明治
Former Uchiyama Family Residence Tea Room (Yaucho)

A study of 1879 in Toyama turned into a tea room in the late Meiji era, attached to the storehouse, with unusually wide openings and coloured walls; registered 1998.

Former Uchiyama Family Residence Storehouse
Toyama 明治
Former Uchiyama Family Residence Storehouse

A 2-storey earthen storehouse of the late Meiji era in Toyama, 184 m², divided into four stores for rice, bedding and miso; registered as heritage in 1998.

Former Uchiyama Family Residence Chicken Coop
Toyama 明治
Former Uchiyama Family Residence Chicken Coop

A late-Meiji chicken house in Toyama, 32 m², raised on a stone footing with plastered walls, lavish treatment for poultry with few parallels; registered in 1998.

Former Uchiyama Family Residence East Gate
Toyama 明治
Former Uchiyama Family Residence East Gate

A plain wooden munamon gate of the late Meiji era in Toyama, between the chicken coop and storehouse, once leading to orchards and fields; registered in 1998.

Former Uchiyama Family Residence Middle Gate (Heichumon)
Toyama 明治
Former Uchiyama Family Residence Middle Gate (Heichumon)

A mid-Meiji stone gate in Toyama: a stone post-and-lintel opening with a wooden door, in a wall of natural and cut stone dividing the gardens; registered in 1998.

Former Uchiyama Family Residence Unhulled Rice Storehouse (Momigura)
Toyama 明治
Former Uchiyama Family Residence Unhulled Rice Storehouse (Momigura)

A single-storey earthen store of the mid-Meiji era in Toyama, 40 m², on a stone footing with two-tone plaster and a separate okiyane roof; registered in 1998.

Former Kanaoka Family Residence Main House
Toyama 明治
Former Kanaoka Family Residence Main House

An early Meiji drug wholesaler's house in Toyama, 437 m², with a street-front shop lined by a wall of medicine drawers and rooms of fine timber, registered 1998.

Former Kanaoka Family Residence Tool Storehouse
Toyama 明治
Former Kanaoka Family Residence Tool Storehouse

An 1880s tool storehouse of 137 m² on a Toyama drug merchant's estate, with black-plastered south doorways, hooded north windows and a central post. Registered 2023.

Former Kanaoka Family Residence Storehouse
Toyama 明治
Former Kanaoka Family Residence Storehouse

A small Meiji-era earthen storehouse, 35 m², on a Toyama drug merchant's estate, with purlin and ridge-beam ends shown in its gable. It held goods for the trade.

Former Baba Family Residence First and Second Storehouses
Toyama 明治
Former Baba Family Residence First and Second Storehouses

One plastered storehouse with two bays, each with its own four-tier fireproof door, a washed-stone base and a covered front linked to the main house. Closed inside.