Shōwa

A 57-metre wall in Kanazawa that grows a hedge between twin concrete runs, built in 1928 for a German-trained doctor and now a registered cultural property.

Built in 1931 and modeled on a Kyoto National Treasure, this cypress Noh stage was moved into Japan's first public Noh theater, beside Kenrokuen in Kanazawa.

In central Kanazawa, Ishiguro Shoten's store and house is a 1936 art dealer's machiya, red-ochre timber set against black plaster walls, registered in 2015.

A nationally registered tangible cultural property in Komatsu City, Ishikawa Prefecture, this rare kiln shed preserves traditional nishiki kilns at the birthplace of Living National Treasure Tokuda Yasokichi III. Explore masterpieces spanning three generations of Kutani ware artistry in an intimate early Shōwa-era townhouse setting.

Shokoji's main gate in Hakusan, a gabled four-legged gate of 1956, shows dense bracketing and a dragon carved across the opening, a work of high decorative quality.

Shokoji's Sofu-an in Hakusan, a thatched tea room built in 1935, is named after Chiyo-ni's brush name and marked by a cross-shaped roof; a registered cultural property.

Shokoji's Chiyo-ni Hall in Hakusan, built in 1935 for the poet's 150th memorial, is a tiny thatched shrine holding Yoshida Saburo's carved image of Kaga no Chiyo.

Discover the Harunari Sake Brewery Main House in Nanao, Ishikawa Prefecture — a 1934 segai-style machiya registered as a national tangible cultural property, embodying the Noto Peninsula's sake-brewing tradition and merchant architecture.

Built in 1931, Hikoso Machiya is a modern Japanese-style residence registered as a National Tangible Cultural Property in 2018. Featuring the distinctive Azumadachi gable design of the Hokuriku region, it now serves as the headquarters of the NPO Kanazawa Machiya Research Society, dedicated to preserving Kanazawa's historic townhouse culture.

The Nishihiro cannery in Choshi began as a bonito workshop, rebuilt in 1935 with timber trusses over a columnless hall and a tatami office above. Registered in 2018.

Oya stone at the base, three courses of local Choshi stone above, then English-bond brick corbelling out to a capped crown. Thirty-four metres, registered in 2018.

The Former Imperial Japanese Army Anti-Aircraft Artillery 2nd Regiment Searchlight Training Room in Kashiwa City, Chiba Prefecture, is a specialized air defense training facility built around 1938. Soldiers trained inside by projecting aircraft images onto an artificial sky created with canvas and colored lighting. One of only two such structures surviving in Japan, it was registered as a National Registered Tangible Cultural Property in 2024.

Discover the Shikiba Ryuzaburo House, a Registered Tangible Cultural Property in Ichikawa City, Chiba. Designed by Mingei masters Yanagi Muneyoshi, Hamada Shoji, and Kawai Kanjiro in 1939, this unique residence blends Eastern and Western aesthetics.

The Japan Evangelical Lutheran Ichikawa Church Hall, located along the Mama River in Ichikawa City, Chiba Prefecture, is a wooden church designed by architect William Merrell Vories in 1955 and registered as a National Registered Tangible Cultural Property in 2008. Its white walls and four-story bell tower reflect Spanish colonial influences.

In Narashino, Chiba, an eight-square-meter roof over a well holds a national cultural property listing, registered in 2003 within a grain wholesaler's compound.

In Tateyama, Chiba, the Beniya Store residence sits beside a shop made from an earthquake-surviving storehouse. From about 1926, it is a registered property.

On Noda's old Edo-River wharf, the Masuda family's early-Showa storehouse hides earthen walls behind mortar scored to mimic stone, a relic of lost river trade.

At a Nagareyama temple stands the Matsugaoka Type 1 Street Lamp, a fluted concrete post residents built to light their 1950s estate, the last of its kind intact.

Discover Mobara Ascension Church, a 1933 wooden Anglican chapel in Chiba Prefecture registered as a national Tangible Cultural Property, featuring half-timbered façade, Latin cross plan, and Tuscan-style porch columns.

Ryokan Matsunoya is a wooden two-storey Japanese inn in Katsuura, Chiba, founded in the late Edo period and rebuilt in the early Showa era. Designated a Nationally Registered Tangible Cultural Property in 2003, it still operates as a working ryokan beside the famous Katsuura Morning Market—one of Japan's three great morning markets. This guide covers its karahafu entrance, hinoki cypress private bath, in-room seafood dinners, and surrounding attractions.