Taishō
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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.
Timber canopy of about 1922 over Platform 1 at JR Zentsuji Station, Kagawa, its braced posts and widened span set into the station building so that both read as one.
Steel footbridge of about 1922 at JR Zentsuji Station, Kagawa, its Pratt truss girders made of 1889 Barrow Steel rails and clad in boards to match the canopies.
Timber canopy of about 1922 over Platform 2 at JR Zentsuji Station, Kagawa, with square posts at regular intervals and king-post trusses recalling early railways.
Timber station building in Zentsuji, Kagawa, opened in 1889 on the Sanuki Railway and rebuilt in 1922 with a half-timbered porch; it still serves trains today.
The Shioda Family Residence Main House and Detached Parlor on Shodoshima is the 1914 home of the Yamasan brewers, finished in polished black plaster. Listed 2003.
A 1923 timber shop-house in Marugame's Hamamachi arcade. Its upper wall combines black lime plaster with black glazed tile, a finish seen in only two Kagawa towns.
The Shimizu Shrine Hall on Teshima in Kagawa, built in 1913 beside the Karato spring, is a small cedar-boarded hall with a hip-and-gable front and stone altar.
Plastered sake shop of 1917 on the station road in Zentsuji, Kagawa, with mushiko windows and a long tiled roof, known for Shidan-ichi sake named after General Nogi.
Sake storehouse of 1917 beside the Segawa shop in Zentsuji, Kagawa, its gable with a namako-tile dado facing the station road, keeping the look of an old shop.
A wall-less corridor of 1915 across the forecourt of the Mieido Hall at Zentsuji Tanjoin in Kagawa, carved with dragons and beast heads. Registered in 2010.
A two-storey plastered storehouse of the Taisho period at Zentsuji Tanjoin in Kagawa, 25 square metres, plain-walled on a high stone base. Registered in 2010.
Small shrine of 1914 north-east of the Main Hall at Zentsuji in Kagawa, a single-bay nagare-style building on a stone base, enclosed by a stone fence with a torii.
Wooden shop building of 1918 in Marugame, Kagawa, its north half Western with glazed tiles and Spanish roof tiles, its south half a townhouse, with a tea room.
Built in 1916 for the Shiota salt merchants of Nio, Kagawa, this registered house sets its stair at the centre of the plan and fans Zen-temple rafters overhead.
The tea room of the Manabe Family Residence, built around 1914 as the estate's last addition. Two rooms at right angles, its plastered wall joining the estate boundary.
The 27-metre street wall of a merchant compound in Mitoyo, Kagawa. Plastered on the road side, left at the undercoat within, with a door on its raised north end.
A late Taisho yakuimon gate in Mitoyo, Kagawa, with fanned rafters, a coffered ceiling and zelkova door panels. Registered in 2022 for its exemplary design.
The two-storey heart of a merchant compound in Mitoyo, Kagawa. Built between 1919 and 1926, with a formal ground floor and an open upper room ringed by a balustrade.