Shōwa
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A granite plinth beside Kakogawa's copper-clad Takihama Yokan, cut in 1936 for a bronze of fertiliser pioneer Taki Kumejiro that wartime metal drives took.
Nagata Shrine Amaterasu Shrine in Kobe is a tiny 1928 shrine to the sun goddess inside the lattice wall, echoing the main hall with round pillars and a railing.
Nagata Shrine Corridor and Side Gate in Kobe are the 1928 corridors flanking the Shinmon Gate, slat-walled outside and open inside to mark a sacred boundary.
Nagata Shrine Kagura Hall in Kobe is a 1928 hip-and-gable stage for sacred dance, its body extended front and back into a cross-shaped plan with a railed veranda.
Nagata Shrine Talisman Office and Annex in Kobe is the 1928 amulet counter beside the Shinmon Gate, glazed toward the inner grounds and still in daily use.
Nagata Shrine Shinmon Gate in Kobe is a 1928 eight-legged gate added when the precinct was replanned, three bays wide, red-lacquered and set slightly off axis.
Nagata Shrine Lattice Wall and Gate in Kobe is the 1928 openwork wall around the main hall on three sides, boarded below and slatted above, with a rear gate.
Nagata Shrine West Gakujo in Kobe is the 1928 mirror twin of the East Gakujo, windows and door reversed, anchoring the lattice wall behind the worship hall.
Nagata Shrine Worship Hall in Kobe is the most ornate of its 1928 halls, with a curved central gable and painted kaerumata; it backs the Setsubun demon ritual.
Nagata Shrine East Gakujo in Kobe is a 1928 music pavilion at the rear east corner of the worship hall, a plain two-bay hip-and-gable building with slatted windows.
Nagata Shrine Offering Hall in Kobe is a 1928 gabled link between main and worship halls, its ridge at right angles to the sanctuary's, with shitomido shutters.
Nagata Shrine Main Hall in Kobe is a 1928 three-bay nagare-zukuri sanctuary designed by Kagawa Sadataro, with chigi and katsuogi on its ridge. Registered in 2002.
The 1934 purification pavilion of Nishinomiya Shrine, Hyogo, registered in 2025, with bundled posts on stone bases, medieval-style struts and gracefully curved eaves.
A small ritual hall of 1961 west of the main hall of Nishinomiya Shrine, Hyogo, registered in 2025, pairing with the east wing hall in a symmetrical layout.
The 1961 concrete worship hall of Nishinomiya Shrine, Hyogo, registered in 2025, with elegant layered roofs and galleries that enclose the sacred courtyard.
A small ritual hall of 1961 east of the main hall of Nishinomiya Shrine, Hyogo, registered in 2025, one bay square on a rounded plinth, facing the sacred courtyard.
The 1961 main hall of Nishinomiya Shrine, Hyogo, registered in 2025, rebuilding the war-destroyed hall of 1663 as Japan's only triple kasuga-style shrine building.
Beside the entrance of Nishimuraya Honkan stands the Ohiroma-to, rebuilt after the 1925 quake. Its eighty-mat hall spans a Western truss under a coffered ceiling.
The Hirata Wing at Nishimuraya Honkan was designed in 1960 by Hirata Masaya, a sukiya master. Its rooms share a single garden through sightlines that never cross.
At the south front of Nishimuraya Honkan stand a large yakuimon gate and an early-Showa wall. Local basalt, the stone that named nearby Genbudo, lines the wall's base.