Taishō
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Built in 1919, this earthen-walled brewing store in Ono, Fukui, shows board siding below and white plaster above on its east gable, the face turned to Yonban-dori.
The 1918 pressing house at Yasumoto Sake Brewery in Fukui, where mash was pressed, with a cold store and an old starter room whose clay walls were never plastered.
A 1918 two-storey storehouse at Yasumoto Sake Brewery in Fukui, with a fan-shaped family crest on its gable and six windows in projecting plaster frames.
The Minamikawachi Bridge of 1926 crosses the Kawachi Reservoir in Kitakyushu, a steel bridge by the Yawata Steel Works with lens-shaped trusses unique in Japan.
Art Space Tanio, a former bank of about 1913 on a corner in Nogata, Fukuoka, with a tower-like corner and Secession details, is now a museum annex showing glass art.
The Ishihara Shoten store of 1926 in Nogata, Fukuoka, a timber shop with a three-tier front of wide window, mezzanine and eaves, lines the street beside Maedaen.
The Ueno Building Former Analysis Room, a 1913 timber building where Mitsubishi tested coal, hides its posts to match its brick neighbors and has scratch-tile walls.
Built in 1913 for Mitsubishi in Wakamatsu, the L-shaped brick Ueno Building Warehouse Building bears the Mitsubishi emblem on its gable and stone at its base.
Built in 1913 for Mitsubishi in Wakamatsu, the brick Ueno Building Main Building hides a central atrium with cast-iron columns and a stained-glass ceiling inside.
Built in 1913 around Mitsubishi's Wakamatsu branch, the Ueno Building Gate Posts and Wall are 6 brick posts and a 115-meter wall facing the ferry landing.
The Kabashima Family Residence Storehouse in Itoshima, Fukuoka, is a 2-story clay-walled storehouse of 1919 with rusticated plaster quoins and a washed-stone skirt.
The Former Osaka Shosen Building in Mojiko, Kitakyushu City, Fukuoka, was completed in 1917 as the Moji branch of the Osaka Shosen shipping company and is registered as a Tangible Cultural Property of Japan. Designed by Kawai Ikuji, a pioneer of Osaka architecture, it features striking orange tiles, white granite bands, and a distinctive octagonal tower. The building is celebrated for blending Tatsuno-style Free Classic with Vienna Secession influences, and today serves as a cultural hub of the Mojiko Retro district.
The Former Kyushu Imperial University Main Gate and Wall of 1914 pairs granite-capped brick gateposts with a 41 m wall, moved in 1924 and registered in 2024.
The Former Kyushu Imperial University Headquarters Architecture Section Building, a 1925 brick block, housed the architects who designed the old campus.
The Former Kyushu Imperial University Headquarters Office Building, built in 1925 with bricks from a burned hall, was the university headquarters from 1930 to 2014.
The Former Kyushu Imperial University Gatehouse, a 1914 brick lodge by the old main gate, has a broken pediment and was slid to its present site in 1924.
The Former Kurauchi Family Residence Grand Entrance Wing in Chikujo, Fukuoka, is a 1920 hall with a T-shaped copper roof, dated by newspapers found in a shutter box.
The Former Kurauchi Family Residence Great Hall Wing in Chikujo, Fukuoka, is a 1918 hall of two 18-mat rooms and a bowed cedar ceiling, built by Nakae Kuju.
The Former Kurauchi Family Residence Zashiki Wing in Chikujo, Fukuoka, is a 1917 wing of two 10-mat formal rooms with an alcove, set in a staggered line by the pond.
The Former Kurauchi Family Residence Kitchen Wing in Chikujo, Fukuoka, is a 1916 service wing for kitchen, bath and well under layered hip-and-gable roofs.