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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Nagahama Town Hall
Ehime 昭和前
Nagahama Town Hall

Nagahama Town Hall in Ozu, Ehime, is a wooden office of 1936 with a gabled pediment, 2 round columns and a tiled roof. Registered in 2000, it still works.

Niihama Butokuden
Ehime 昭和前
Niihama Butokuden

The Butokuden in Niihama, Ehime, a timber martial arts hall of 1938, houses kendo and judo halls behind a front of layered gables over a carriage porch.

Matsuyama Castle Inner Gate
Ehime 昭和後
Matsuyama Castle Inner Gate

The Inner Gate of Matsuyama Castle, a turret gate between the keep and the Entrance Tamon Turret, was partly burned in 1933 and rebuilt in timber in 1968.

Matsuyama Castle North Corner Turret
Ehime 昭和後
Matsuyama Castle North Corner Turret

The North Corner Turret of Matsuyama Castle mirrors the South Corner Turret on the west front of the keep; lost to arson in 1933, it was rebuilt in 1968.

Matsuyama Castle Entrance Porch
Ehime 昭和後
Matsuyama Castle Entrance Porch

The Entrance Porch of Matsuyama Castle, a formal step under a rising cusped-gable roof leading into the keep complex, was lost to arson in 1933 and rebuilt in 1968.

Matsuyama Castle Entrance Tamon Turret
Ehime 昭和後
Matsuyama Castle Entrance Tamon Turret

The Entrance Tamon Turret of Matsuyama Castle, where the Inner Gate and Entrance Porch meet the keep, was lost to arson in 1933 and rebuilt in timber in 1968.

Matsuyama Castle Small Keep
Ehime 昭和後
Matsuyama Castle Small Keep

The Small Keep of Matsuyama Castle, a two-storey turret at the corner of the linked keep complex, was lost to arson in 1933 and rebuilt in timber in 1968.

Matsuyama Castle Ten-Bay Corridor
Ehime 昭和後
Matsuyama Castle Ten-Bay Corridor

The Ten-Bay Corridor of Matsuyama Castle is a tamon turret lined with loopholes, linking two corner turrets; burned in 1933, it was rebuilt in timber in 1968.

Matsuyama Castle Sujigane Gate
Ehime 昭和後
Matsuyama Castle Sujigane Gate

The Sujigane Gate of Matsuyama Castle, a turret gate with iron-banded posts linking the keep and the Small Keep, was partly burned in 1933 and rebuilt in 1968.

Matsuyama Castle Taiko Gate
Ehime 昭和後
Matsuyama Castle Taiko Gate

The Taiko Gate of Matsuyama Castle, a turret gate that formed a gate court with the Tsutsui Gate on the main approach, was lost in 1945 and rebuilt in 1972.

Matsuyama Castle Taiko Gate North Adjoining Turret
Ehime 昭和後
Matsuyama Castle Taiko Gate North Adjoining Turret

The North Adjoining Turret of the Taiko Gate at Matsuyama Castle had vanished before the war; evidence in the stonework guided its timber rebuilding in 1972.

Matsuyama Castle Taiko Gate South Adjoining Turret
Ehime 昭和後
Matsuyama Castle Taiko Gate South Adjoining Turret

The South Adjoining Turret of the Taiko Gate at Matsuyama Castle sits on a corner of the stone wall to cover the gate; lost in 1945, it was rebuilt in 1972.

Matsuyama Castle Taiko Turret
Ehime 昭和後
Matsuyama Castle Taiko Turret

The Taiko Turret of Matsuyama Castle, a two-storey corner turret on the high wall of the main bailey, was lost in the 1945 air raids and rebuilt in timber in 1973.

Matsuyama Castle Tamon Turret
Ehime 昭和後
Matsuyama Castle Tamon Turret

The Tamon Turret of Matsuyama Castle, a long turret linking the Small Keep and the South Corner Turret, was lost to arson in 1933 and rebuilt in timber in 1968.

Matsuyama Castle Tsutsui Gate
Ehime 昭和後
Matsuyama Castle Tsutsui Gate

The Tsutsui Gate of Matsuyama Castle, the main turret gate of the lower main bailey set between stone walls, was lost to arson in 1949 and rebuilt in timber in 1971.

Matsuyama Castle Tsutsui Gate West Adjoining Turret
Ehime 昭和後
Matsuyama Castle Tsutsui Gate West Adjoining Turret

The West Adjoining Turret of the Tsutsui Gate at Matsuyama Castle forms a gate court with the Tonashi Gate; lost to arson in 1949, it was rebuilt in timber in 1971.

Matsuyama Castle Tsutsui Gate East Adjoining Turret
Ehime 昭和後
Matsuyama Castle Tsutsui Gate East Adjoining Turret

The East Adjoining Turret of the Tsutsui Gate at Matsuyama Castle runs east and turns south towards the Hidden Gate; lost to arson in 1949, it was rebuilt in 1971.

Matsuyama Castle South Corner Turret
Ehime 昭和後
Matsuyama Castle South Corner Turret

The South Corner Turret of Matsuyama Castle, a two-storey turret at the southwest corner of the keep, was lost to arson in 1933 and rebuilt in timber in 1968.

Matsuyama Local Meteorological Observatory (Former Ehime Prefectural Matsuyama Weather Station) Office Building
Ehime 昭和前
Matsuyama Local Meteorological Observatory (Former Ehime Prefectural Matsuyama Weather Station) Office Building

Designed in 1928 by the Ehime prefectural engineer Tomura Hideo, this Matsuyama weather office still works, keeping its tower clock and marble construction tablet.

Meisekiji Temple Stone Wall and Fence
Ehime 昭和前
Meisekiji Temple Stone Wall and Fence

The chert retaining wall carrying the top terrace at Meisekiji in Seiyo, Ehime, built by named masons in 1930, with a 1944 concrete parapet shaped like a balustrade.