Taishō
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The Fujii Honke chimney rises about eleven meters between two storehouses, its square brick shaft laid in English bond, red brick set against the white plastered walls.
This small building held Fujii Honke's testing and inspection rooms, where the finished sake was judged. Its plastered west front carries an insect-cage lattice window.
The Fujii Honke brewing storehouse stands by a stone-lined channel. Inside this earthen-walled hall, steamed rice, koji, starter and Suzuka water form the staged mash.
The Fujii Honke sake storehouse is the largest of the group at some 728 square meters. Its L-shaped plan holds the kettle room and links the small inspection rooms.
The Wakabayashi Family Residence North Storehouse is a 1920 plastered kura moved to Hikone in 1928, with torii-framed gable windows beside the Western-style wing.
The Wakabayashi Family Residence Zashiki Wing is a 1924 reception wing moved to Hikone in 1928, with a full formal alcove, shelves and writing desk facing 2 gardens.
The Wakabayashi Family Residence Tea Room Building is a 1924 teahouse moved to Hikone in 1928, with a bamboo-lintel alcove and a veranda eave laid out like a fan.
The Wakabayashi Family Residence South Storehouse is a 1920 plastered kura moved to Hikone in 1928, one of two storehouses lining the eastern edge; closed inside.
Built in 1921 above the Myoken powerhouse in Kirishima, this cylindrical stone tank of 76 square metres feeds Unit 1 through a penstock over 150 metres long.
A rectangular stone tank of 1921 holding Amorigawa water for two generators at Myoken, Kirishima. Its penstock crosses beneath a road on a cut stone arch.
A welded tuff powerhouse of 1921 on the Amorigawa in Kirishima, registered in 2011. Its 403 square metres of edo-giri stonework still serve a working hydro plant.
The Former Taishi Family Takakura in Tatsugo on Amami Oshima is an early Taisho raised granary registered in 2009. It stands outdoors in Toshime Park, free to view.
Tsuma Shrine Worship Hall in Osaki, Kagoshima, a gable-entry hall of 1916 registered in 2009, has square pillars and sparse rafters that offset the ornate main hall.
Tsuma Shrine Main Hall in Osaki, Kagoshima, is a hip-and-gable sanctuary of 1916, registered in 2009, with brackets stepping out in 3 tiers and zodiac-carved struts.
The Ise Shrine at Tsuma Shrine in Osaki, Kagoshima, registered in 2009, is a one-bay shrine of 1916 whose large porch strut is carved with the Wedded Rocks of Ise.
The Inari Shrine at Tsuma Shrine in Osaki, Kagoshima, registered in 2009, is a one-bay shrine of 1916; its front strut, like the main hall's, records a rebuilding.
The Gorin Daimyojin Shrine at Tsuma Shrine in Osaki, Kagoshima, registered in 2009, is a 1916 shelf-front shrine of 0.53 square metres with a curved porch beam.
The Sanno Shrine at Tsuma Shrine in Osaki, Kagoshima, registered in 2009, is a one-bay shrine of 1916 at the east end of the row, with saucer-plated porch blocks.
A pair of 4.4-metre cast-iron lamps of 1913 at Nanshu Shrine in Kagoshima, registered in 2006, among the few surviving products of the former Shuseikan works.
Built around 1916 in Yokogawa, Kirishima, the Moriyama Family Residence Stone Storehouse is a large timber-framed stone warehouse with two arched south doors.