Taishō

Built in 1915, this wall lines the old highway before the Kataoka Residence in Fukuchiyama. A Jizo hall set into its north end makes it a rare, designed streetscape wall.

Built in 1915 by the Kataoka merchant family, this formal shoin parlor once received Fukuchiyama's elite. It now houses a duck-hotpot restaurant open to diners.

A rare three-story earthen storehouse of 1915, raised on built-up ground to guard the Kataoka family's goods from the flood-prone Yura River, now part of a restaurant.

This 1915 storehouse, moved here in 1934, turns a decorated east face to the old highway to unify the Kataoka streetscape, now home to a duck-hotpot restaurant.

Built in 1925 to mark Kyoto University's 25th anniversary, the Rakuyu Kaikan is a Spanish Mission–style hall designed by Morita Keiichi, a founding member of Japan's first modern architectural movement. Registered as a national Tangible Cultural Property, the building features distinctive Y-shaped porch columns and exquisite Taisho-era interior decoration by Moriya Nobuo.

Built around 1924 in Kyoto's textile district, this wooden townhouse sits behind a high front wall and pairs refined Japanese rooms with Western-style parlors.

The Founder's Hall of Kōshō-ji, a Shin Buddhist head temple in Kyoto. Rebuilt in 1911 after the 1902 fire, this large gilded hall became a Cultural Property in 2025.

Kōshō-ji's bell tower of 1774, said to be an imperial gift, is the precinct's oldest building and the sole survivor of the 1902 fire, registered in 2025.

North-east of Kōshō-ji's Founder's Hall stands this small Taishō-era water pavilion, finely built with a dragon-carved strut and coffered ceiling. Registered in 2025.

This late-Edo earthen wall flanks Kōshō-ji's Amida Hall gate on Horikawa-dōri. About 24m long, its plaster carries five rank stripes. Registered in 2025.

Discover the Saito Family Residence, a nationally registered tangible cultural property nestled on the slopes of Yoshida Mountain in Kyoto. Built in the 1920s as part of the Tanikawa Housing Group for Kyoto University professors, this elegant wooden home with copper roofing offers a rare glimpse into Japan's early modern residential architecture.

Discover the Sailer Family Residence Main House, a 1916 thatched-roof farmhouse registered as a national tangible cultural property in Nantan City, Kyoto. Home to the renowned Sailer Piano Duo, this traditional irimoya-style building hosts the celebrated Kayabuki Concerts amid idyllic Japanese countryside scenery.

Built in 1918 and registered in 2017, the Kannondō at Jōzenji in northern Kyoto housed the Kuramaguchi Jizō, a station on Kyoto's storied Six Jizō pilgrimage.

Standing on the summit of Higashiyama in Kyoto, Shoren-in Seiryuden was originally built in 1913 in front of Kitano Tenmangu Shrine to commemorate the enthronement of Emperor Taisho, then dismantled and reconstructed at its current site in 2014. A masterpiece of modern Japanese-style architecture combining traditional design with Western structural techniques, it was registered as a Tangible Cultural Property in 2022. The hall enshrines the National Treasure Blue Acala painting, and its great wooden stage — about 4.6 times the size of Kiyomizu-dera's — offers sweeping views over the entire city of Kyoto.

Tucked behind the main hall of Jinkoin in northern Kyoto, the 1917 Chukodo blends pyramidal, hip-and-gable, and cusped-gable roofs with rare round-section rafters—a creative modern temple architecture recognized as a Registered Tangible Cultural Property.

The Chokufū Shingyō-den at Daikaku-ji Temple in Kyoto's Sagano district is an octagonal hall enshrining Heart Sutras hand-copied by six emperors, beginning with Emperor Saga. Designed in 1925 by architect Fujii Kōji in the style of Hōryū-ji's Hall of Dreams using reinforced concrete, this Registered Tangible Cultural Property guards imperially sealed sutras that are opened only once every sixty years.

Discover the Genkan (Entrance Hall) of Daishoji Temple in Kyoto, a nationally registered tangible cultural property rebuilt in 1923. This elegant structure with its copper-plated karahafu roof embodies the architectural grandeur of Japan's highest-ranking imperial convent.

Discover the Daishōji Tōmen Tsuiji, a nationally registered tangible cultural property in Kyoto. This traditional rammed-earth wall guards an imperial convent with over 600 years of history near the Kyoto Imperial Palace.

Discover Doshisha Women's College James Hall, a 1914 brick building by architect Takeda Goichi standing across from Kyoto Imperial Palace—where California-inspired walls meet a Japanese tile roof in a refined wakon-yōsai masterpiece.

A 1917 machiya-style sentō in Maizuru's Yoshiwara fishing town. Registered cultural property (2021) with original pine beams beside the 'Oriental Venice' canal.