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.

4,593 total Shōwa Period 1926 – 1989
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Yoshida Sanso (Former Higashifushimi Family Residence) Former Garage
Kyoto 昭和前
Yoshida Sanso (Former Higashifushimi Family Residence) Former Garage

The Former Garage of Yoshida Sanso is a 1932 Western-style building with a French-tile gambrel roof and dormers, now in use as the ryokan's Cafe Shinkokan.

Yoshida Sanso (Former Higashifushimi Family Residence) Former Gatekeeper's Lodge
Kyoto 昭和前
Yoshida Sanso (Former Higashifushimi Family Residence) Former Gatekeeper's Lodge

Beside the Front Gate of Yoshida Sanso stands a 1932 gatekeeper's lodge of 12 square meters, its lattice window facing the lane from a stone-faced plinth.

Yoshida Sanso (Former Higashifushimi Family Residence) Main Building
Kyoto 昭和前
Yoshida Sanso (Former Higashifushimi Family Residence) Main Building

The 1932 Main Building of Yoshida Sanso pairs tatami rooms with stained glass copied from an ancient mirror, the only building here registered as a model of form.

Yoshida Sanso (Former Higashifushimi Family Residence) South Storehouse
Kyoto 昭和前
Yoshida Sanso (Former Higashifushimi Family Residence) South Storehouse

The South Storehouse of Yoshida Sanso is a 1932 dozo storehouse of 19 square meters beside its twin, with an araidashi mortar base and a strut-framed roof.

Rikyu Hachimangu Kotengu Shrine
Kyoto 昭和前
Rikyu Hachimangu Kotengu Shrine

Rikyu Hachimangu Kotengu Shrine, a tiny east-facing shrine of about 1928 in Oyamazaki, has inokosasu gables and a bracket design shared with the worship hall.

Rikyu Hachimangu Shrine Lattice Fence
Kyoto 昭和前
Rikyu Hachimangu Shrine Lattice Fence

Rikyu Hachimangu Shrine Lattice Fence, a 38-metre U-shaped fence of about 1928 in Oyamazaki, encloses the main hall with diamond lattice above solid boards.

Rikyu Hachimangu Shrine Middle Gate
Kyoto 昭和前
Rikyu Hachimangu Shrine Middle Gate

Rikyu Hachimangu Shrine Middle Gate, a four-legged gate of about 1928 in Oyamazaki, fronts the worship hall with a bracket modeled on Tofukuji's Gekkamon.

Rikyu Hachimangu Shrine Temizusho
Kyoto 昭和前
Rikyu Hachimangu Shrine Temizusho

Rikyu Hachimangu Shrine Temizusho, a purification pavilion of about 1928 in Oyamazaki, has the only tiled roof of the six registered buildings, on round posts.

Rikyu Hachimangu Shrine Worship Hall
Kyoto 昭和前
Rikyu Hachimangu Shrine Worship Hall

Rikyu Hachimangu Shrine Worship Hall, built in 1928 in Oyamazaki, pairs a karahafu porch with stout timbers, boat-shaped brackets and a coved coffered ceiling.

Rikyu Hachimangu Shrine Main Hall
Kyoto 昭和前
Rikyu Hachimangu Shrine Main Hall

Rikyu Hachimangu Shrine Main Hall, built in 1928 in Oyamazaki, is a three-bay nagare-zukuri sanctuary with three plank doors, registered for its medieval design.

Restaurant Noa Noa (former Western-style building of the Hashimoto Kansetsu Residence)
Kyoto 昭和前
Restaurant Noa Noa (former Western-style building of the Hashimoto Kansetsu Residence)

Standing along Kyoto's celebrated Philosopher's Path near Ginkaku-ji, Restaurant Noa Noa occupies the former Western-style annex of the residence of Hashimoto Kansetsu (1883–1945), one of the leading Japanese-style painters of the Taisho and early Showa eras. Designed by Kansetsu himself and built around 1929 within his sprawling Hakusasonso estate, the modest two-storey reinforced-concrete building was conceived as a place to display his collection of Western antiquities. Its Spanish-style façade — graced with subtly Japanese rafter-shaped detailing on the entrance eaves — embodies a distinctive current of early-Showa residential design, and the property was registered as a Tangible Cultural Property of Japan in 2005. Now serving European cuisine in the painter's original interiors and a leafy garden setting, Noa Noa offers visitors a uniquely atmospheric way to encounter a registered cultural property in the heart of eastern Kyoto.

Documents of Kamo Wakeikazuchi Shrine (13,639 items), with document boxes
Kyoto 平安時代~昭和時代
Documents of Kamo Wakeikazuchi Shrine (13,639 items), with document boxes

The Kamowakeikazuchi Shrine Documents, designated as an Important Cultural Property, comprise 13,639 historical records spanning from the late Heian period to the Edo era. Preserved at Kamigamo Shrine in Kyoto, this extraordinary archive includes decrees from Minamoto no Yoritomo, edicts from Oda Nobunaga and Toyotomi Hideyoshi, and approximately 1,400 consecutive monthly financial records—offering an unparalleled window into the history of one of Japan's most revered Shinto shrines.

Okawa Aso Shrine Rural Stage
Kumamoto 昭和中
Okawa Aso Shrine Rural Stage

Village stage of 1953 at Okawa Aso Shrine in Yamato, Kumamoto, with a chanter's platform and a fully open front spanned by one beam, in the home of Seiwa Bunraku.

Omori Family Residence Kannon Hall
Kumamoto 昭和中
Omori Family Residence Kannon Hall

A 3-meter-square Kannon hall of 1957 in a Yamaga merchant garden, with a pyramid tile roof, railed veranda, folding panel doors, degumi brackets and a kaerumata.

Omori Family Residence North Wall
Kumamoto 昭和前
Omori Family Residence North Wall

A 20-meter timber wall of about 1940 running west from the Omori main house on Yamaga's old Kikuchi road, plastered on the street side, with carved brackets inside.

Omori Family Residence West Wall
Kumamoto 昭和前
Omori Family Residence West Wall

A 10-meter timber wall of about 1940 on the west side of the Omori compound in Yamaga, turning at its south end for a side gate, with stone buttresses inside.

Okamoto Family Residence Outdoor Toilet
Kumamoto 昭和前
Okamoto Family Residence Outdoor Toilet

The Okamoto Family Residence Outdoor Toilet in Ozu, Kumamoto, is a tiny early Showa privy with a brick plinth and an offset roof designed for ventilation.

Okamoto Family Water Purification Tank
Kumamoto 昭和前
Okamoto Family Water Purification Tank

The Okamoto Family Water Purification Tank in Ozu, Kumamoto, is an early Showa concrete tower that filtered channel or well water through charcoal and sand.

Former Amakusa Education Hall Main Gate and Wall
Kumamoto 昭和前
Former Amakusa Education Hall Main Gate and Wall

The 1934 concrete gate and 40-metre wall of the Former Amakusa Education Hall in Kumamoto, registered in 2006, matching the design of the hall's entrance porch.

Former JNR Miyanoharu Line Kitazato Bridge
Kumamoto 昭和前
Former JNR Miyanoharu Line Kitazato Bridge

A curved five-arch concrete railway bridge of about 1938 beside the old Kitazato Station in Oguni, Kumamoto. Now a footbridge at the end of the 4 km trail; 60 m.