Taishō
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The former Gotsu town hall in Shimane, a concrete and timber building of 1926 on a shrine approach, has a symmetrical front of pilasters and stepped parapets.
The Zaima Brewery Brewing Storehouse in Tsuwano is a 1924 two-storey sake store, 316 m², with staggered windows and a covered bridge to the East Storehouse.
The Zaima Brewery New House in Tsuwano is a 1915 hillside home with stepped gable roofs, a four-square plan of guest rooms and an annex facing the old road.
The second gymnasium of Hamada High School in Shimane is the brick covered drill hall of 1916 of a former army regiment, a landmark by the prefectural road.
A small 1921 storehouse at the Furuhashi Sake Brewery in Tsuwano, 23 m², its door, eave and tiled namako-kabe base turned toward the private garden. Renovated 2003.
A 1921 two-story earthen storehouse at the Furuhashi Sake Brewery in Tsuwano, its 24 m wall of stone, clapboard and plaster on the street, a yeast room upstairs.
The Furuhashi Sake Brewery's 1921 brewing storehouse in Tsuwano, 28 m long and 301 m², with two tiers of windows, iron doors and a big white-plastered east gable.
A 1921 single-story earthen storehouse at the Furuhashi Sake Brewery in Tsuwano, 19 by 10 m, with a raised roof vent and a heavy-beamed frame for a wide interior.
The 1921 shop and home of the Furuhashi Sake Brewery in Tsuwano: a 13 m frontage with a tall upper floor, lattice front and udatsu fire walls. The shop is open.
The former Mino District Office in Masuda, Shimane, built in 1921 with a carriage porch and projecting wings typical of Taisho offices. Registered in 1996.
The worship hall of Miho Shrine at Mihonoseki, Matsue, a 1924 hall by Ito Chuta, stands open on all sides over a stone floor, its orderly roof framing left on view.
Discover the Former Asakura House (Kyu Asakura House), an Important Cultural Property in Daikanyama, Tokyo. Built in 1919, this Taisho-era wooden mansion features elegant tatami rooms, detailed woodwork, and a stunning hillside strolling garden with stone lanterns and seasonal foliage.
Eitai Bridge over the Sumida in Tokyo, a steel tied-arch bridge of 1926 built after the Great Kanto Earthquake, had the longest steel arch span in Japan.
Completed in 1924 where the Arakawa splits from the Sumida, this concrete sluice by Aoyama Akira became an Important Cultural Property in 2024. Free to visit.
Built around 1915 in Bunkyo Ward and registered as a Tangible Cultural Property in 2025, this timber house pairs Japanese rooms with a Western wing. Not open.
The Echiso Building on Hongo-dori, Tokyo, a thread merchant's concrete corner building of the late Taisho period, is decorated with dentils and window arches.
The Edoya shop in Nihonbashi, Tokyo, a 1924 kanban-kenchiku of a brush maker founded in 1718, has a washed-stone facade with brush motifs and owl reliefs.
Kajikaen Front Office and Main House (c.1925), by Mitake Station in Ome, held the front desk, kitchen and family rooms; alone of 8 it was listed for landscape.
The Kamiya Bar building of 1921 on a corner in Asakusa, Tokyo, six storeys of concrete, is marked by triple arched windows rising through two floors of the front.
The main house of the Kawahara Residence in Ota Ward, Tokyo, was assembled from an 1885 school building and carries that school's 1925 clock tower on top.