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3,054 total Taishō Period 1912 – 1926
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Narumi Tegashi Shrine Saimonden (Ritual Hall)
Aichi 大正
Narumi Tegashi Shrine Saimonden (Ritual Hall)

A ritual hall of around 1917 between the main and worship halls of Narumi Tegashi Shrine in Inuyama, Aichi, whose crossed roofs shape the shrine front. Registered.

Narumi Tegashi Shrine Office
Aichi 大正
Narumi Tegashi Shrine Office

The shrine office of around 1917 at the entrance to Narumi Tegashi Shrine in Inuyama, Aichi, a plain hip-and-gable building with a gabled porch. Registered property.

Narumi Tegashi Shrine Haiden (Worship Hall)
Aichi 大正
Narumi Tegashi Shrine Haiden (Worship Hall)

The worship hall of around 1917 at Narumi Tegashi Shrine in Inuyama, Aichi, open on all four sides yet dignified on its raised base. Registered property.

Narumi Tegashi Shrine Banpei (Screen Wall)
Aichi 大正
Narumi Tegashi Shrine Banpei (Screen Wall)

A screen wall of around 1917 before the worship hall of Narumi Tegashi Shrine in Inuyama, Aichi, a blind wall peculiar to Owari shrines. Registered property.

Narumi Tegashi Shrine Main Hall
Aichi 大正
Narumi Tegashi Shrine Main Hall

The 1917 main hall of Narumi Tegashi Shrine in Inuyama, Aichi, a one-bay hall with layered chidori and cusped gables and carving throughout. Registered property.

Nishio City Iwase Bunko Library Book Stack
Aichi 大正
Nishio City Iwase Bunko Library Book Stack

A brick book stack of around 1919 at the Iwase Bunko in Nishio, Aichi, registered in 1999, which kept the collection for eighty years with made-to-measure shelves.

Nishio City Library Toy Museum (Former Iwase Bunko Children's Library)
Aichi 大正
Nishio City Library Toy Museum (Former Iwase Bunko Children's Library)

A small Western-style children's library of around 1925 at the Iwase Bunko in Nishio, Aichi, registered in 1999, with half-timbered gables; now the Toy Museum.

Nomazaki Lighthouse
Aichi 大正
Nomazaki Lighthouse

Nomasaki, Aichi's oldest lighthouse, has stood on the Chita Peninsula since 1921. Its rare unreinforced concrete form earned cultural-property listing in 2022.

Banjo Brewery Former Rice Milling Workshop
Aichi 大正
Banjo Brewery Former Rice Milling Workshop

The Banjo Brewery Former Rice Milling Workshop in Otakacho, Nagoya, is a Taisho timber building of 125 square meters with a brick chimney, registered in 2007.

Banjo Brewery Storehouse
Aichi 大正
Banjo Brewery Storehouse

The Banjo Brewery Storehouse in Otakacho, Nagoya, is a Taisho household storehouse of 93 square meters, boarded below and black plastered above, registered in 2007.

Banjo Brewery White Rice Warehouse
Aichi 大正
Banjo Brewery White Rice Warehouse

The Banjo Brewery White Rice Warehouse in Otakacho, Nagoya, is a small Taisho storehouse of 46 square meters with an inspection room, registered in 2007.

Banjo Brewery Detached Quarters
Aichi 大正
Banjo Brewery Detached Quarters

The Banjo Brewery Detached Quarters in Otakacho, Nagoya, are Taisho sukiya rooms with a raised alcove copying Zangetsutei and a small tea room, from 2007.

Banjo Brewery Bottling Workshop
Aichi 大正
Banjo Brewery Bottling Workshop

The Banjo Brewery Bottling Workshop in Otakacho, Nagoya, is a Taisho timber building of 147 square meters with an iron sheet roof and king post trusses.

Horibe Family Residence Detached Parlor
Aichi 大正
Horibe Family Residence Detached Parlor

The Horibe Family Residence Detached Parlor is a Taisho-era tatami reception wing with glass shoji verandas in Inuyama, registered in 2006. Rooms and visiting hours.

Honkoji Temple Main Hall
Aichi 大正
Honkoji Temple Main Hall

The 1913 main hall of Honkoji in Okazaki, Aichi, a Shin Buddhist hall in the Higashi Honganji manner with a gold-leaf and black-lacquer sanctuary. Registered.

Mitsui Family Residence Storehouse
Aichi 大正
Mitsui Family Residence Storehouse

A 1918 clay-walled storehouse in the castle town of Inuyama, Aichi, registered in 2004. Black plaster walls, a namako-kabe dado, tiled hoods on brackets.

Mitani Town Kita Ward Float Warehouse
Aichi 大正
Mitani Town Kita Ward Float Warehouse

Built in 1921, this brick storehouse in Gamagōri, Aichi, is a rare survivor, often called Japan's only brick float storehouse, holding the Sangaigasa parade float.

Myojin River Reverse Water Sluice Gate
Aichi 大正
Myojin River Reverse Water Sluice Gate

On the Sakai River in Obu, Aichi, this 1916 stone sluice gate stops floodwater backing up the Myojin River. Built in artificial stone, it was registered in 2021.

Meiji Village Kitasato Institute Main Building
Aichi 大正
Meiji Village Kitasato Institute Main Building

Built in 1915 by Kitasato Shibasaburo, this German-Baroque timber laboratory was moved to Museum Meiji-mura in 1980 and is a Registered Tangible Cultural Property.

Meiji Village Fourth Higher School Martial Arts Hall Museido Archery Hall
Aichi 大正
Meiji Village Fourth Higher School Martial Arts Hall Museido Archery Hall

Built in 1917 for the Fourth Higher School in Kanazawa, this archery hall uses a Western roof truss to clear its whole frontage of columns for a line of archers.