Shōwa
Shimane · 昭和Browse Shimane’s cultural heritage from the Shōwa period (1926 – 1989). Filter by type and keyword, with concise stories, maps, and travel tips.
The Shimane Prefectural Budokan of 1970 in Matsue, by Kikutake Kiyonori, closes itself off beside the open library and spans its dojo with 40-metre steel trusses.
The Sumikawa power station of 1943 on the Hikimi River in Masuda, Shimane, sets its generator hall and offices in echelon behind plain white walls of wartime.
The Hikimi power station of 1928 in Masuda, Shimane, a working hydro station of large concrete blocks, has a Western-style front of pilasters that recalls a chapel.
The Tsumori clinic in Matsue, Shimane, an early Showa timber building registered in 2007, has a steep half-hipped roof, a bay window and a neat Western design.
Tsuwano Catholic Church in Shimane, rebuilt in 1929 in single-spired Gothic style with a tatami floor, stands where Urakami Christians died. Registered in 1996.
Hoseikan Yusentei at Tamatsukuri Onsen in Matsue, Shimane, is a timber pavilion of 1931 built for imperial guests and registered as a Cultural Property in 2018.
A tiny early Showa well shed at the Yamashita estate in Gotsu, Shimane: four posts, a red-tiled gable, bamboo lath, a wooden well curb and a stone washing floor.
A 1929 two-story guest wing beside the main house in Gotsu, Shimane, with tatami reception rooms on both floors, a tokonoma, staggered shelves and a writing bay.
An early Showa garden gate and wall at the Yamashita estate in Gotsu, Shimane: a white wall 2.2 meters high and 25 meters long, and a bracketed gate 2.3 meters wide.