Taishō

The Koji Storehouse at Kawatsuru Sake Brewery in Kan-onji, Kagawa, is a two-storey earthen building of 1914 whose upstairs koji room is still used to make koji today.

The West Brewery at Kawatsuru in Kan-onji, Kagawa, is a large two-storey earthen storehouse of 1918, its long, window-lined west wall a landmark seen from the town.

The Filtration Storehouse at Kawatsuru in Kan-onji, Kagawa, is a two-storey earthen building of 1914 whose matched eaves complete the brewery's north frontage.

The 1912 main house of the Ishii soy estate in Noma, Shodoshima: an irimoya range with an earthen floor, raised rooms and black plaster walls of quiet dignity.

A small 1915 earthen storehouse on the Ishii estate in Noma, Shodoshima: charred cedar, namako plaster and white eaves on a stone base, registered as hard to copy.

The 1915 gatehouse of the Ishii estate in Noma, Shodoshima runs 17 metres by the main house, skirt roofs giving a half-loft look, called the core of the estate.

Discover the Former Goten Water Source Office in Takamatsu, a beautifully preserved Taisho-period Western-style building registered as a national Tangible Cultural Property. Free admission, photogenic architecture, and a fascinating window into Japan's modernization history.

Just south of the main building and facing west, this gabled tile-roofed hall began as Passenger Shelter No.3 for group travellers, later walled in as a display space.

Built in 1922 as the gateway for pilgrims to Konpira Shrine, this wooden station keeps a gabled porch, half-round windows and circular maru-kin emblems on its eaves.

Facing the main building across the tracks, this 127-metre timber canopy shelters the island platform, its pinching-beam trusses once the largest such shelter in Kagawa.

Running parallel to the main building, this 108-metre canopy leans its south half onto the depot roof and uses king-post trusses, paired with Shelter No.1.

Beside the west-side depot, this platform shelter carries its roof on tapered box posts and braces fanning four ways, its span widened to read as one with the station.

Joined to the north ends of both platforms, this steel overpass frames its truss girders from rails rolled by Barrow Steel in Britain in 1889, wrapped in boarding.

On the east side of the old Sanuki Railway line, this timber shelter rises on square posts in a regular grid under king-post framing, recalling the early railway scene.

Discover JR Zentsuji Station in Kagawa Prefecture, a Registered Tangible Cultural Property with roots dating back to 1889. This wooden station blends half-timbered Western design with traditional Japanese craftsmanship, serving as the gateway to Zentsuji Temple and the Shikoku Pilgrimage.

The 1914 main house of the Shioda Family Residence in Shodoshima, home of the Yamasan Soy Sauce family, registered as a model of design for its black-plaster finish.

The Shimizu Shrine Hall, built in 1913 on Teshima Island in Kagawa Prefecture, is a nationally Registered Tangible Cultural Property. Standing guard over the legendary Karato-no-Shimizu spring — said to have been discovered by the monk Kūkai — the shrine forms part of a sacred landscape where centuries of island history, spiritual devotion, and the natural beauty of the Seto Inland Sea converge.

Discover the Segawa Sake Shop Main Building (Segawa Saketen Shuoku), a 1917 Registered Tangible Cultural Property in Zentsuji, Kagawa. This nuriya-zukuri sake shop features mushiko windows and a grand irimoya roof, embodying the historic connection between sake culture and the Imperial Army 11th Division.

Discover the Segawa Sake Shop East Storehouse, a registered tangible cultural property in Zentsuji, Kagawa Prefecture. Built in 1917, this Taisho-era wooden brewery features distinctive namako-kabe walls and carries the legacy of the historic Shidan Ichi sake brand linked to the Imperial Army's 11th Division.

Discover Hogetsudo South Building, a Registered Tangible Cultural Property in Marugame, Kagawa. This early Showa-era confectionery shop uniquely fuses Spanish tile Western facades with traditional machiya design and houses an active wagashi shop founded in 1917.