Shōwa

This small Lutheran church in Higashi Ward, Nagoya, rebuilt in 1953 after the war to a design by Vories, has a spire, scissor trusses and a cross-shaped window.

The former Noma Post Office (1931) on the Chita Peninsula is a wooden building with gabled dormers and clapboard walls, a Registered Cultural Property since 2015.

Completed in 1927 among the storehouses of a miso brewery in Okazaki, the Hatcho Miso Head Office Building was one of the first two properties registered in Aichi.

Standing inside Tokugawa-en garden in Nagoya, the Hōsa Bunko Old Storehouse was built in 1935 by combining two existing earthen storehouses on the Owari Tokugawa Ozone estate into one. Designed by architect Yoshio Yoshimoto, it blends traditional Japanese exterior styling with Western-style king-post truss roofing — a fascinating hybrid of Edo and modern architecture. After serving for decades as the working repository for the Owari Tokugawa family's celebrated book collection, it was registered as a national Tangible Cultural Property in 2014 and now welcomes visitors as the entrance hall of the Hōsa Library.

The 1929 shoin of Hōshuin, linked to the main hall by a veranda, is a refined reception hall whose upper room sets a wide alcove and study nook under coffered ceilings.

A tiled wooden wall about 22 meters long at the street edge of the Horibe Residence in Inuyama, built in the early Showa era. It frames the approach to the samurai house.

Masumida Shrine North Gate and Lattice Fence, Ichinomiya, Aichi: a 1955 yakuimon gate and 99-meter openwork fence around the Main Hall, registered in 2007. Access.

Masumida Shrine Saimonden, Ichinomiya, Aichi: a 1956 gabled ritual hall, 12 by 8.9 meters, linking the worship hall to the Main Hall, registered in 2007. Access.

Masumida Shrine Main Hall and Connecting Hall, Ichinomiya, Aichi: a 1954 nagare-zukuri hall in Kiso cypress, registered in 2006 for its proportion. Access tips.

In Inuyama's castle town, the Miyataké family's 1931 earthen-walled storehouse, registered in 2006, keeps hand-laid cobble footings and a heavy vault-like iron door.

In Inuyama's castle town, this 1930s sukiya house turns on a faithful copy of the famed Kyoto tearoom Yūin. A Registered Cultural Property, it stays a private home.

A 48-meter timber-and-tile wall wraps a residence in Inuyama's castle town. Built in 1931, it is a Registered Cultural Property valued for the historic streetscape.

Just the front-left corner of this 1927 Tokyo bank survives at Meiji-mura: granite, Doric columns and Corinthian pilasters, with a viewing level over Iruka Pond.

The 1930 timber station building at the former terminus of the Meitetsu Mikawa Line in Toyota, Aichi, with a waiting room, office and clapboard walls.

The early Showa platform of the former Nishinakagane Station in Toyota, Aichi, a straight 36-metre granite structure without a canopy among the fields.

The 1927 timber station building of the former Mikawa-Hirose Station in Toyota, Aichi, with an open waiting room and a distinctive battened base. Registered.

The 1927 platform of the former Mikawa-Hirose Station in Toyota, Aichi, a stone platform raised in concrete that curves gently along the Yahagi River.

An early Showa storehouse in Ichinomiya, Aichi. Its white plastered gable faces the old highway beside the long eaves of the main house. Registered in 2008.

Attached behind Ryusenji's main hall in Shinshiro, Aichi, this 1931 annexe steps up from tablet hall to founder's hall. Carpenter Nakamura Keizo. Registered in 2013.

Built in 1955 at Ryusenji in Shinshiro, Aichi, this open bell tower of 6.7 square metres has inward-leaning chamfered posts, bracket sets and a coffered ceiling.