Shōwa
昭和Browse Japan’s cultural heritage from the Shōwa period (1926 – 1989). Filter by prefecture, type, and keyword, with concise stories, maps, and travel tips.
The Riverside Building of 1965 on the Tosabori River in Osaka gathers its structure to free full-length windows front and back, a fine International Style office.
The Wada Family Residence Inner Storehouse in Kishiwada, Osaka, is a small plastered storehouse of 1930, noted for shaped brackets and a cornice on all four sides.
The Wada Family Residence Inner Wall in Kishiwada, Osaka, is an L-shaped earthen wall of 1930 with a gate and windows, dividing the garden from the entrance path.
The Wada Family Residence Kitchen Gate in Kishiwada, Osaka, is a 1930 service gate 1.8 metres wide, with a gently curved tiled roof in a light sukiya style.
The Wada Family Residence Main House in Kishiwada, Osaka, is a 1930 two-storey mansion on an L-shaped plan, with a Western-style room and a formal guest room.
The Wada Family Residence Outer Storehouse in Kishiwada, Osaka, is a 1930 storehouse of 115 square metres for furniture and fittings, with three doorways.
The Wada Family Residence Outer Wall in Kishiwada, Osaka, is a 1930 brick wall on a tall stone base, marking the edge of a river that once ran past the estate.
The Wada Family Residence Nagayamon Gate in Kishiwada, Osaka, is a 1930 gatehouse with a tiled roof, its gateway in the right half and a waiting room on the left.
The Wada Family Residence East Wall in Kishiwada, Osaka, is an earthen wall of 1930, about 25 metres long, stepped partway along its length to follow the ground.
The Wada Family Residence Waiting Arbor in Kishiwada, Osaka, is a tiny 1930 bench shelter beside the kitchen gate, with rough clay walls and a tea-house window.
Architect Ikedaya Hisakichi built this single-storey house in Izumisano, Osaka, around 1927. A three-mat tea room of salvaged temple timber adjoins the entrance.
This 17-square-metre timber outbuilding adjoins the Ikedaya house in Izumisano, Osaka. Storage fills the ground floor; a six-mat plank-floored study sits above.
A 1939 house in Abeno, Osaka, split Japanese on the west and Western on the east, walls and all, with a stone-clad reception room. Registered 2007; private.
Completed in 1938 at Taketa, this stone-faced irrigation weir was listed in 1999 for design and technique: musha-gaeshi turns its falling water into a white sheet.
Built around 1953 at Inoue Sake Brewery in Hita, Oita, this 18 m English-bond brick chimney rises from a 1.4 m square base, one of three large ones left in the city.
Built in 1937 as a brewing hall in Hita, Oita, this storehouse spans its interior on queen post trusses with 16 m single timbers, under a half-hipped roof.
Kasuga Shrine Komoriya in Bungotakada, Oita, is a 1927 retreat hall linked to the kagura stage, used as a dressing room and village hall; registered 2011.
Kasuga Shrine West Approach Torii in Bungotakada, Oita, is a stone torii of 1934, 3.9 metres high, whose gently curving lintels mark the path to the red west gate.
Kasuga Shrine Entertainment Stage in Bungotakada, Oita, is a 1952 rural festival stage standing at the shrine's otabisho, about 1 kilometre from the grounds.
Kayashima Family Residence Main House in Kunisaki, Oita, is a 1933 two-storey home at the center of the brewery, its ground floor joined to the brewery office.