Shōwa
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Shōwa Period
1926 – 1989
Oiso Church Gateposts and Fence in Oiso, Kanagawa: concrete gateposts and fence of about 1937 on the Tokaido, in washed artificial stone with Art Deco arches.
The dining hall of the Fujiya Hotel in Hakone, built in 1930, is crowned by the two-tier Shotenkaku tower and has a lavish shoin-style interior with carvings.
The Hanagoten, or Flower Palace, of the Fujiya Hotel in Hakone is a five-storey concrete guest wing of 1936 with Japanese roofs and railed balconies above.