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 Tani Community Hall in Katsuyama, Fukui, a timber hall of 1953 with a half-hipped gable, a gabled porch and a louvred window, is the symbol of its village.
The Torihama Shuzo Chimney in Wakasa, Fukui, an English-bond brick chimney 13 metres high of the early Showa period, links underground to the brewery steamer.
A 1937 reception wing behind the main house of the Nishino papermakers' compound in Echizen, with a fine-timber alcove and carved transoms; registered in 2017.
A 33-metre street wall of 1937 on the north side of the Nishino compound in Echizen, set on shakudani ashlar and hexagonal stonework, with diamond openings.
An early Showa brick chimney at Yasumoto Sake Brewery in Fukui that served the rice-steaming room; damaged in the 1948 earthquake, 4.7 meters of it still stand.
An early Showa bracket-arm gate at Yasumoto Sake Brewery in Fukui, 3.8 meters wide, with moulded brackets, deep eaves, paired rafters and a carved diamond pattern.
The 1937 bottling works at Yasumoto Sake Brewery in Fukui: a long gabled shed with a ribbon of windows and a column-free room spanned by a king post truss.
An early Showa boundary wall at Yasumoto Sake Brewery in Fukui, 12 meters long on Shakudani stone, with board, clay and an open top band under its tiles.
The Yuasa Family Residence New Reception Wing in Takahama, Fukui, added in 1933, pairs a Western reception room holding a tokonoma with three linked tatami rooms.
Yoganji Temple Guest Hall in Echizen City is a two-storey annex of about 1942 where the head priest lived and hosted guests, with a formal upstairs room.
Yoganji Temple Ossuary in Echizen City is a small concrete Rennyo-do with a spired pyramidal roof, faux-stone walls and high windows that light its worship room.
Yoganji Temple Western-Style Building in Echizen City is a small 1930s parlor and study off the Goten hall, with a bay window, ceiling roses and original lamps.
A 1.9-metre timber gate from around 1951 with a Shakudani stone ridge and end ornaments and a fine-barred transom, framing the street front of a Sabae restaurant.
Built in 1926 as the kitchen of a Sabae restaurant, this building hides its working interior behind a black plaster town-house front with a projecting lattice.
This early Showa storehouse behind a Sabae restaurant has a deep loading porch finished to resemble cut stone, a second door on the west, and wide floorboards.
A 47.6 m concrete tower built in 1943 in Shime, Fukuoka, to haul navy coal. Japan's only surviving tower-winding headframe and an Important Cultural Property.
A three-storey concrete lab of 1970 at Kyushu University, Fukuoka, mirroring its neighbor across a linking corridor and holding an anechoic chamber. Registered 2025.
A small three-storey concrete lab of 1970 with a recessed balcony over its central door, still housing photo studios at Kyushu University, Fukuoka. Registered 2025.
A 1970 six-storey concrete building on Kyushu University's Ohashi Campus in Fukuoka, whose stepped lounges and balconies face the Fry Pan plaza. Registered 2025.
Built in 1970 at Kyushu University in Fukuoka, this six-storey concrete block faces its twin across the Fry Pan plaza, upper floors stepping back. Registered 2025.