Shōwa

Kaga Shōtarō's Tudor half-timber former garage beneath Mount Tennōzan, registered as a Cultural Property and now operated as a free rest house by Kyoto Prefecture on the wooded grounds of Ōyamazaki Sansō.

Discover the Ogawa-ke Kitashirakawa Bettei Omotemon, a nationally registered tangible cultural property in Kyoto. Designed by renowned architect Fujii Koji with gardens by the legendary 7th-generation Ogawa Jihei (Ueji), this elegant early Showa-era gate embodies the finest of modern Japanese residential architecture.

Discover Kawashima Clinic, a Registered Tangible Cultural Property in Kyoto's Nakagyō Ward. Built in 1936 by Amerikaya, this wooden three-story clinic features a conical tower, half-timbered gable, French roof tiles, and ship-cabin interiors inspired by German castles.

Discover the Kansai Franco-Japanese Institute (Kansai Nichifutsu Gakkan), a Registered Tangible Cultural Property in Kyoto designed by a disciple of Auguste Perret. Explore this elegant 1936 reinforced-concrete landmark where French culture meets Japanese tradition.

Completed in 1934 in the light sukiya taste, this single-story parlor is a quieter counterpart to the Kataoka family's formal shoin guest hall of the Taisho years.

The main house of Kyutei Omuro, a 1937 sukiya villa on Narabigaoka's slope in Kyoto. A Mount Fuji transom crowns rooms whose karin table mirrors the garden.

Soan, the freestanding tea house of Kyutei Omuro near Narabigaoka in Kyoto. This four-and-a-half-mat room opens its north wall to frame the town and the hills.

The storehouse of Kyutei Omuro stands at the northwest corner of this 1937 Kyoto villa, a plastered kura registered for how it shapes the historic scene.

West of the tea house in Kyutei Omuro's garden stands the machiai, a waiting arbor of just 4.8 m², packed with design from copper roof to round window.

A tiled wall traces the edges of Kyutei Omuro, a gabled gate set into it. The adzed door and boat-shaped brackets carry the villa's refinement to its boundary.

Discover Kyu Fujinomori-yu, a Registered Tangible Cultural Property in Kyoto. Built in 1930, this former public bathhouse features a karahafu entrance, Majolica tiles, and coffered ceilings. Now reborn as Cafe Sarasa Nishijin, it offers a unique blend of Showa-era heritage and modern cafe culture.

Discover the Kyoto Art Center North Building, a Registered Tangible Cultural Property originally built in 1931 as part of Meirin Elementary School. Explore its Spanish-style reinforced concrete architecture, unique slope design, and vibrant art scene in the heart of Kyoto's Gion Festival district.

Completed in 1927, the Kyoto City Hall Main Building is an architectural gem that blends a Neo-Baroque framework with decorative motifs from Japanese, Chinese, Indian, and Islamic traditions. Registered as a National Tangible Cultural Property in 2025, discover the history, design, and visitor highlights of this remarkable civic landmark.

The Kintetsu Yodogawa Bridge in Fushimi, Kyoto is a 164.6-metre pierless steel truss built in 1928 to clear an army drill ground. Still Japan's longest simple-truss railway span, it is a Registered Tangible Cultural Property and a JSCE A-rank civil engineering heritage.

Turning south from Kōshō-ji's main gate, this early-Taishō earthen wall runs about 45m along Horikawa-dōri, the longest in the precinct. It was registered in 2025.

Discover the Kotobuki Building (壽ビルディング), a Registered Tangible Cultural Property in Kyoto's Shijo Kawaramachi area. Built in 1927, this five-story reinforced concrete gem blends Art Deco elegance with early Showa-era design—now home to stylish boutiques, galleries, and a beloved children's bookshop.

This abbot's quarters is a spacious six-room shoin hall rebuilt in 1936 after the 1934 fire, with screens by Kubota Kinsen, on former Aizu headquarters ground.

Fronting the abbot's quarters, this four-legged gate covers barely seven square metres yet concentrates early-Showa Kyoto carving in its copper gable and transoms.

East of the abbot's quarters, this 1936 hall carries a copper-gabled car porch. Inside, a Western board-floored reception room sits beside a shoin tatami room.

Turning at a right angle from the karamon gate, this 57-metre earthen wall frames the abbot's south garden. Its five horizontal lines mark the highest temple rank.