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Browse Japan’s cultural heritage from the Taishō period (1912 – 1926). Filter by prefecture, type, and keyword, with concise stories, maps, and travel tips.

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Yahiko Shrine Sacred Tree Stone Fence
Niigata 大正
Yahiko Shrine Sacred Tree Stone Fence

The Yahiko Shrine Sacred Tree Stone Fence in Niigata, built in 1916, rings the sacred tree in an uneven heptagon 32.8 metres long, with 2 stone doors at the front.

Yahiko Shrine Notice Board Stand
Niigata 大正
Yahiko Shrine Notice Board Stand

The Yahiko Shrine Notice Board Stand in Niigata, a 1916 cypress structure beside the First Torii Gate, is about 3 metres high yet finely bracketed under copper.

Yahiko Shrine Kusanagi Subsidiary Shrine
Niigata 大正
Yahiko Shrine Kusanagi Subsidiary Shrine

The Kusanagi Subsidiary Shrine at Yahiko Shrine, Niigata, second in a row of eight, was rebuilt in 1916 after the 1912 fire as a one-bay nagare-zukuri hall.

Yahiko Shrine Chozusha Ablution Pavilion
Niigata 大正
Yahiko Shrine Chozusha Ablution Pavilion

The Yahiko Shrine Chozusha Ablution Pavilion in Niigata, built in 1916 at the bend of the approach, has cusped gables at both ends and a coffered ceiling.

Yahiko Shrine Second Torii Gate
Niigata 大正
Yahiko Shrine Second Torii Gate

The Yahiko Shrine Second Torii Gate in Niigata, a 1916 granite myojin torii atop the steps where the approach turns, is where the shrine halls first come into view.

Yahiko Shrine Norito Hall
Niigata 大正
Yahiko Shrine Norito Hall

The Yahiko Shrine Norito Hall in Niigata, built in 1916 between the offering hall and worship hall, has a gabled roof meeting both and a post-free beamed interior.

Yahiko Shrine Worship Hall
Niigata 大正
Yahiko Shrine Worship Hall

The Yahiko Shrine Worship Hall in Niigata, rebuilt in 1916, is a 9-by-5-bay hall with a cusped kara-hafu porch and a post-free interior spanned by a great tie beam.

Yahiko Shrine Offering Hall
Niigata 大正
Yahiko Shrine Offering Hall

The Yahiko Shrine Offering Hall in Niigata, built in 1916, links worship hall and sanctuary; tatami inside, outside a three-bay nagare-zukuri like the main hall.

Yahiko Shrine Main Hall
Niigata 大正
Yahiko Shrine Main Hall

The Yahiko Shrine Main Hall in Niigata was rebuilt in 1916 to designs by Ito Chuta after the 1912 fire, a three-bay nagare-zukuri hall set against Mount Yahiko.

Yahiko Shrine Dance Hall
Niigata 大正
Yahiko Shrine Dance Hall

The Yahiko Shrine Dance Hall in Niigata, a 1916 kagura stage open on four sides, is the only building in the grounds with fan rafters, joined to the musicians' hall.

Yahiko Shrine Mizugaki Fence and Rear Gate
Niigata 大正
Yahiko Shrine Mizugaki Fence and Rear Gate

The Yahiko Shrine Mizugaki Fence and Rear Gate in Niigata enclose the main hall with 56.2 metres of lattice fence on stone and a cusped-roof gate, built in 1916.

Echigo Tokimeki Railway Nihongi Station Switchback Line Snow Shed
Niigata 大正
Echigo Tokimeki Railway Nihongi Station Switchback Line Snow Shed

A 112 m snow shed of 1922 over the switchback siding at Nihongi Station, Joetsu: old-rail frames clad in gapped timber boards. Registered 2019; seen by train.

Okozu Diversion Weir
Niigata 大正
Okozu Diversion Weir

Okozu Diversion Weir in Tsubame, Niigata: a 146-metre weir of 1922 at the Shinano River's flood channel, considered Japan's first full-scale concrete weir.

Kappo Miyoya
Niigata 大正
Kappo Miyoya

Kappo Miyoya, a Taisho-era (1912–1925) restaurant on the old coastal highway in Izumozaki, Niigata, has a veranda, a hammer-beam gable and plaster angels.

Kansuiro Taisho Room
Niigata 大正
Kansuiro Taisho Room

A 1915 two-storey guest building at the Kansuiro inn, Murasugi Onsen, Agano: central porch, east veranda, Western-style eaves and sukiya rooms. Registered in 2016.

Former Ariake Kappo Restaurant Central Building
Niigata 大正
Former Ariake Kappo Restaurant Central Building

Completed in 1924 behind a courtyard in Niigata's Furumachi quarter, this wing holds an eighteen-mat guest room with a burled log alcove post and a round window.

Former Kina Saffron Sake Manufacturing Storehouse
Niigata 大正
Former Kina Saffron Sake Manufacturing Storehouse

Attached to the main house, this two-storey plaster storehouse carries saffron petals on its gable and dragons on its inner doors, an early work in the lime-relief craft.

Former Kina Saffron Sake Manufacturing Headquarters
Niigata 大正
Former Kina Saffron Sake Manufacturing Headquarters

Iron sheet covers the roof, base and inner walls of this storehouse at the southwest corner, rumoured to have made fireworks though its original use is unknown.

Former Kina Saffron Sake Brewery
Niigata 大正
Former Kina Saffron Sake Brewery

Attached to the rear of the main house, this storehouse held the brewing tanks and raw stock, its four free-standing pillars carrying the roof over the tonic-sake floor.

Former Kina Saffron Sake Manufacturing Coordination
Niigata 大正
Former Kina Saffron Sake Manufacturing Coordination

Attached north of the main house, this storehouse held the drug store and bottling floor where herbs became the tonic sake, roofed on a queen-post truss.