Taishō

Joining the passage on the west, this late-Taisho storehouse was refaced with namako-kabe under Shigemori Mirei's direction as the backdrop to the New Zashiki garden.

Discover Jihou-tou, a 1922 Art Deco concrete bell tower in Higashihiroshima, Hiroshima Prefecture. This Registered Tangible Cultural Property was built with an American-made bell donated by Japanese emigrants and still sounds a siren five times daily.

Discover Takemura-ya Main House, a Taisho-era registered tangible cultural property ryokan in Onomichi, Hiroshima. This seaside inn, famous as a filming location for Yasujiro Ozu's Tokyo Story, features exquisite shoin-zukuri architecture overlooking the Onomichi Channel.

Discover the gate and wall of Takemura-ya Honkan in Onomichi, Hiroshima — a Registered Tangible Cultural Property and filming location of Ozu Yasujiro's "Tokyo Story." Learn about its Taisho-era architecture, cultural significance, and visitor information.

Discover Tamon-tei, a registered tangible cultural property nestled on the hillside of Mt. Senkoji in Onomichi, Hiroshima. This Taisho-era former ryotei showcases rustic sukiya-style architecture and offers a glimpse into the historic townscape of Japan's beloved slope town.

Discover Nishiyama Honkan, a registered tangible cultural property in Onomichi. This Taisho-era wooden ryokan features sukiya-style rooms, rare timber craftsmanship, and a fascinating blend of Japanese and Western architecture reflecting a thriving port town.

Discover Kuyamada Reservoir Dam in Onomichi, Hiroshima — a stunning 1924 stone-clad dam blending gravity and arch engineering. Still an active water source, this Registered Tangible Cultural Property tells a remarkable story of philanthropy and Taisho-era civil engineering.

Facing the main house across the courtyard, the Hida storehouse rises as one open two-story volume, built from the outset to hold the mikan crop that defined Ōcho.

This Taishō gate-storehouse fronts the eastern lane of the Hida estate, joining a central gateway to storage rooms, its road-side base in sasarako weatherboarding.

The newest of the Hida estate's five registered buildings, this 1924 detached wing is a refined sukiya-style retreat, its porch posts on carved lion-dog stone plinths.

Discover Miharashi-tei, a Taisho-era villa registered as a Tangible Cultural Property in Onomichi, Hiroshima. Originally built in 1921 as a merchant's hillside retreat, this beautifully restored guesthouse offers breathtaking views of the Onomichi Channel and a rare chance to experience the saen tea-garden culture unique to this historic port town.

Discover the Omori Soy Sauce Brewery Koji Storehouse, a Registered Tangible Cultural Property from the Taisho era on Shodoshima Island, Kagawa Prefecture. Explore its unique double-wall construction designed for koji fermentation and the island's 400-year soy sauce brewing tradition.

Explore the Omori Soy Sauce Brewery Press Room and Operation Room, a Registered Tangible Cultural Property from the Taisho era on Shodoshima Island, Kagawa. Discover the 180-year history of Yamatoichi soy sauce and the island's brewing heritage.

Built in 1919, the Ogijima Lighthouse gate and wall join concrete posts to andesite and brick some 82 meters long, capped in Aji granite. A plain, weighty entrance.

Discover the Kamada Kyosaikai Local History Museum, a nationally registered tangible cultural property in Sakaide, Kagawa. Built in 1922 as one of Japan's earliest reinforced concrete libraries, this Taisho-era gem houses 60,000 historical artifacts including Important Cultural Properties related to the scientist Kume Michika.

Kamebishi's workshop in Hikita, Kagawa is a late-Taisho building, two stories with a three-story end that once pasteurized soy sauce; it is the tallest here.

The No. 12 warehouse at Kamebishi in Hikita, Kagawa is the smallest of the 18, marked by an asymmetric maneki roof, charred-cedar boards and drip tiles.

The No. 8 warehouse at Kamebishi in Hikita, Kagawa is a long late-Taisho moromi store on granite footings, holding twenty square vats on the western plot.

Kakumeikan, the former Bottling Storehouse at Kawatsuru in Kan-onji, Kagawa, is a single-storey wooden building of the Taisho era, now used as a concert hall.

The Kawatsuru Museum at Kawatsuru brewery in Kan-onji, Kagawa, is a small Taisho-era earthen storehouse, relocated around 1955 and now showing the brewery's old tools.