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.

4,593 total Shōwa Period 1926 – 1989
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Misasa Bridge
Tottori 昭和前
Misasa Bridge

Completed in 1934 at Misasa Onsen in Tottori, this 69-metre concrete bridge copies timber design: giboshi finials, Kasuga lanterns and plank-like deck joints.

Mukaiyama Shrine Worship Hall and Covering Hall
Tottori 昭和前
Mukaiyama Shrine Worship Hall and Covering Hall

An early Showa structure on high ground above Itaibara hamlet in Chizu, Tottori: a plain gabled worship hall, and a raised open frame sheltering the 1873 sanctuary.

Yatagai Family Residence Tea House
Tottori 昭和前
Yatagai Family Residence Tea House

Kanpu-an, a tea house rebuilt in 1938 at the Yatagai estate in Hoki, Tottori, with two- and four-and-a-half-mat rooms either side of a mizuya; registered in 2011.

Yatagai Family Residence Koshikake Machiai (Waiting Bench)
Tottori 昭和前
Yatagai Family Residence Koshikake Machiai (Waiting Bench)

A tiny tea-garden waiting bench at the Yatagai estate in Hoki, Tottori, with bark-covered posts and a privy under its lean-to roofs; finished 1939, registered 2011.

Yatagai Family Residence Middle Gate
Tottori 昭和前
Yatagai Family Residence Middle Gate

A one-bay tea-garden gate at the Yatagai estate in Hoki, Tottori, with a curved copper roof, round rafters and wicker doors; brought in from elsewhere in 1937.

Yatagai Family Residence Annex
Tottori 昭和前
Yatagai Family Residence Annex

A wing joined to the Yatagai main house in Hoki, Tottori: the head's six-mat study and a tea room entered from the veranda, finished by 1933. Registered in 2011.

Ryokan Ohashi Banquet Hall Building
Tottori 昭和前
Ryokan Ohashi Banquet Hall Building

The Ryokan Ohashi Banquet Hall Building in Misasa Onsen is a 1932 two-storey block with a kitchen below and a staged hall above, crowned by a pair of chidori gables.

Ryokan Ohashi Taiko Bridge
Tottori 昭和前
Ryokan Ohashi Taiko Bridge

The Ryokan Ohashi Taiko Bridge is a 1932 roofed, arched corridor joining two buildings of an inn in Misasa Onsen, spanning a lane with lanterns at each end.

Ryokan Ohashi West Annex
Tottori 昭和前
Ryokan Ohashi West Annex

The Ryokan Ohashi West Annex is a small 1932 building at the downstream end of an inn in Misasa Onsen, joined by a bridge and decorated with triangular openings.

Ryokan Ohashi Annex
Tottori 昭和前
Ryokan Ohashi Annex

The Ryokan Ohashi Annex is a 1932 three-storey guest wing of an inn in Misasa Onsen, joining a hip-and-gable block and a lower hipped block, registered in 1997.

Ryokan Ohashi Main Building
Tottori 昭和前
Ryokan Ohashi Main Building

The Ryokan Ohashi Main Building is the 1932 three-storey heart of an inn in Misasa Onsen, Tottori, holding its entrance and guest rooms; registered in 1997.

Wakasa Railway Abe Station Platform
Tottori 昭和前
Wakasa Railway Abe Station Platform

Wakasa Railway Abe Station Platform, 72 metres of 1932 concrete faced with granite, keeps a glazed waiting shelter facing the old timber station building.

Wakasa Railway Abe Station Building
Tottori 昭和前
Wakasa Railway Abe Station Building

Wakasa Railway Abe Station Building, a 1932 timber station, has two doors for the two villages it served and a block instrument room from the era of manual signals.

Wakasa Railway Inaba-Funaoka Station Building and Platform
Tottori 昭和前
Wakasa Railway Inaba-Funaoka Station Building and Platform

Wakasa Railway Inaba-Funaoka Station joins a 1929 timber building, a tall parcels shed and a 97-metre granite-faced platform in one piece, its waiting room intact.

Wakasa Railway Hatto River Bridge No. 1
Tottori 昭和前
Wakasa Railway Hatto River Bridge No. 1

Wakasa Railway Hatto River Bridge No. 1 carries the line 139 metres across the Hatto River on round granite piers, its eight 1929 girders bending in a gentle arc.

Wakasa Railway Hatto River Bridge No. 3
Tottori 昭和前
Wakasa Railway Hatto River Bridge No. 3

Wakasa Railway Hatto River Bridge No. 3 spans the upper Hatto River on seven steel girders, three of them 20-metre spans over the stream, built for the 1930 opening.

Wakasa Railway Hatto River Bridge No. 2
Tottori 昭和前
Wakasa Railway Hatto River Bridge No. 2

Wakasa Railway Hatto River Bridge No. 2 crosses the Hatto River in Yazu Town on ten steel girders from three makers, a 128-metre bridge built for the 1930 opening.

Wakasa Railway Tampi Station Building and Platform
Tottori 昭和前
Wakasa Railway Tampi Station Building and Platform

Wakasa Railway Tampi Station keeps its 1930 timber building and 80-metre stone platform, under a canopy framed in reused Carnegie rails still bearing the name.

Wakasa Railway Hatto Station Platform
Tottori 昭和前
Wakasa Railway Hatto Station Platform

Wakasa Railway Hatto Station Platform, laid out in 1930 apart from its station building and joined to it by a ramp, carries a glazed 1954 shelter at its centre.

Wakasa Railway Hatto Station Building
Tottori 昭和前
Wakasa Railway Hatto Station Building

Wakasa Railway Hatto Station Building, a 1930 timber station midway down the line, keeps its gabled porch; its old parcels shed was later absorbed by an extension.