Taishō

Discover Sumiyoshi Ryokan in Takayama, Gifu — a Taishō-era pawnshop turned traditional inn registered as a National Tangible Cultural Property in 2024. Experience Hida craftsmanship, antique treasures, and local cuisine steps from the Miyagawa Morning Market.

Discover the Sumiyoshi Ryokan Kitchen Wing, a Taisho-period miso storehouse registered as a national Tangible Cultural Property. Located in Takayama, Gifu, this earthen storehouse preserves the traditional architecture and alley townscape of historic Hida Takayama.

Discover the Sumiyoshi Ryokan Dozō, a Registered Tangible Cultural Property in Takayama, Gifu Prefecture. Originally built as a pawnshop storehouse in the Taisho period, this two-story earthen-walled kura features remarkable kakeko-nuri doors decorated with black lacquer plaster, showcasing exceptional traditional plastering craftsmanship.

Discover Chitoserou Ryuhokaku, a registered tangible cultural property within the historic Chitoserou ryokan in Yoro, Gifu. Built in the Taisho era with elegant red-plastered walls and refined sukiya-style guest rooms, this wing is part of a 260-year-old inn near the legendary Yoro Falls.

Step onto a 98-meter stone platform built in 1923 and shelter in a small wooden waiting room beside rails of the Nagaragawa Railway in Mino City, Gifu. Registered as a National Tangible Cultural Property in 2013, this Taisho-era station preserves the atmosphere of Japan's pre-war local railways and serves as the perfect entrance to Mino's famed "Udatsu" merchant townscape and washi paper culture.

Built in 1923 as the terminus of the Etsumi-Nan Line, this 24-metre-wide, 189-square-metre wooden station building still serves passengers more than a century later. Registered as a national heritage in 2013, it pairs naturally with a walk through Mino's Udatsu townscape.

Discover the Ryokan Kaminaka Dozō, a Registered Tangible Cultural Property in Takayama, Gifu. This Meiji-period storehouse is part of a beautifully preserved former pleasure quarter inn where guests can stay overnight and experience authentic Japanese heritage.

A 43-meter dry-stone sabo dam built in 1921 above the Kamioka mining town, shielding the works from debris flows after the deadly 1920 disaster. A Registered Tangible Cultural Property in Hida, Gifu.

A 1921 dry-stone sabo dam in a Hida ravine, registered as cultural property in 2019. Its hand-laid stones shielded the Kamioka zinc mine that powered modern Japan.

The Aoki Bridge in Tomiyoshi, Miyazaki City, is a stone single-arch bridge completed in 1925 during the Taisho era. Although modest in scale at just 9.5 meters in length, its precisely cut ashlar masonry and finely assembled single-layer arch testify to the high craftsmanship of local stonemasons. It was registered as a National Tangible Cultural Property in 2017.

Discover the Aburatsu Red Brick Hall, a nationally registered tangible cultural property in Nichinan, Miyazaki. Built in 1922 with 220,000 bricks, this Taisho-era warehouse tells the story of Obi cedar trade, Horikawa Canal commerce, and an inspiring community rescue.

Discover Ebino Station, a Registered Tangible Cultural Property on the JR Kitto Line in Miyazaki Prefecture. Built in 1912, this beautifully preserved wooden station offers a window into Taishō-era rail heritage, with views of the Kirishima Mountains and a connection to acclaimed Japanese cinema.

South of the main house, Furusawa Brewery's gate and wall date to around 1923. The bracket-arm gate and an 18-meter plastered wall with lattice windows frame the street.

Furusawa Brewery's shop and main house faces the street of Ōdōtsu. Built around 1913, its black-plastered front and irimoya wing recall a town enriched by brewing.

The Oimatsu Nagata Brewery Inari Shrine Sayado is a Taisho-era protective shrine shelter in Watari, Miyagi Prefecture, registered as a national Tangible Cultural Property. Despite its compact size of just 4.8 square meters, this wooden structure features magnificent woodcarvings attributed to the legendary Kesen carpenters of Tohoku, including bamboo-and-sparrow and dragon-and-cloud motifs. Discover the artistry and history behind this hidden gem on the grounds of a brewery with over 300 years of tradition.

Discover Otakamori Yakushido, a nationally registered tangible cultural property on Miyato Island in Higashimatsushima, Miyagi. Built in 1915 with revivalist architectural style and tiles from the same kiln as National Treasure Zuiganji, this Buddhist hall stands on the slopes of Otakamori—one of the Four Great Views of Matsushima.

Located in the quiet mountains of Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, the Former Tsukidate Elementary School Building is a two-story wooden schoolhouse built in 1922 and registered as a National Tangible Cultural Property in 2007. With its Stick Style exterior, Western-style truss roof, and rotating transom windows, it offers a rare and atmospheric glimpse into Taishō-era educational architecture.

Built in 1926, this granite-clad gate with pen-nib capitals spans 6.3 meters; its doors were lost to wartime requisition, yet the pillars still stand.

Built in 1926 by Tsuyoshi Ogura, this Romanesque former library reading room now houses the Tohoku University Archives, open free on weekdays in Sendai.

This V-shaped 1924 building, among Sendai's first concrete works, has a cylindrical corner and Secession entrance; Gallery Historia opens free twice weekly.