Taishō
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The Former Kai Family Residence Kurazashiki is a black-plastered 1923 storehouse in Kitakata holding 51 mats of hinoki-built reception rooms, registered in 2001.
The Former Kai Family Residence Soy Sauce Storehouse is a 1923 earthen brewery in Kitakata, the estate's largest at 281 m², marked by a tall brick chimney.
The Former Kai Family Residence East and North Walls are 4 m late Taisho brick walls on a Kitakata brewer's estate, with a relief-framed doorway on the old road.
The Former Kai Family Residence Shop Storehouse is a 1923 earthen shop on Kitakata's Atsushio Kaido, with a spiral stair, deep upper eaves and fine window work.
The Former Kai Family Residence South Wall is a 45 m late Taisho brick wall on a Kitakata lane, lower than the east wall, with a triangular-arched doorway.
The mash-preparation storehouse at the Sasa Masamune brewery in Kitakata, Fukushima. Built around 1917 and registered in 2021, it was destroyed in the June 2026 fire.
The storage building at the Sasa Masamune brewery in Kitakata, Fukushima. Built in 1925, this two-story storehouse ran eighteen bays long. Lost in the June 2026 fire.
The pressing house at the Sasa Masamune brewery in Kitakata, Fukushima. Built in 1917, this storehouse separated sake from lees. Lost in the June 2026 fire.
The document storehouse at the Sasa Masamune brewery in Kitakata, Fukushima. A small 1917 storehouse, its gable bore the family trade name. Lost in June 2026.
The yeast-starter storehouse at the Sasa Masamune brewery in Kitakata, Fukushima. Built around 1925, this building raised the seed mash. Lost in the June 2026 fire.
Completed in 1925 at the head of the Arakawa fan in Fukushima, a 74 m stone-faced sabo dam with earth wings and a sub-dam, the first core dam of the works.
Raised in 1922, this brewing hall runs 38 metres along the south edge of the Aizuwakamatsu brewery yard. Inside it is one undivided room, with a koji chamber above.
Filling the western edge of the Aizuwakamatsu brewery yard, this late Taisho storehouse held finished sake below and brewing tools above, and joins its neighbour.
The Suzuzen Komesumigura is a small 1922 storehouse in Aizuwakamatsu once used for rice and charcoal, with a gable door and truss roof. Registered in 2021.
The Suzuzen Chozogura is a 1919 storehouse in Aizuwakamatsu built for household goods, with two sealed doorways and a Western truss roof. Registered in 2021.
A Taisho-era guest wing behind the Shimanuki main house in Fukushima City: two ten-mat rooms per floor, a glazed garden veranda and black persimmon alcoves.
Totsuna Bridge at Iizaka Onsen, Fukushima, a steel arch of 1915 registered in 2020, is among Japan's oldest steel arch bridges, with a delicate profile.
Built about 1915, this merchant's house in Aizuwakamatsu has a glazed counting room below and three reception rooms totalling 35 mats above. Listed in 2019.
This 1914 shop storehouse in Aizuwakamatsu turns a black-plastered wall to the street and holds Ionic columns, lacquered timber and a Western room inside.
Twelve metres of brick on a cut-stone base, built about 1915 along the north edge of this Aizuwakamatsu compound, rising and dropping as fire and light required.