Taishō

The 1924 main house of the Itohara ironmasters of Okuizumo: some forty rooms over about 350 tsubo. It once lodged the lord of Matsue as its guest.

The Former Gōtsu Town Hall Main Building, standing along the Tenryō Gōtsu Honmachi Iraka Kaidō in Gōtsu City, Shimane Prefecture, is a two-story reinforced concrete and wood structure built in 1926. Featuring a symmetrical facade with geometric motifs characteristic of Taishō-era design, it was registered as a national Tangible Cultural Property in 2010 and now serves as a community exchange center.

Built in 1916 as a covered drill hall for the Imperial Army's 21st Infantry Regiment, this brick building is one of the earliest examples in the San'in region to combine brick masonry with a steel roof truss. It now serves as the Second Gymnasium of Shimane Prefectural Hamada High School and is a Nationally Registered Tangible Cultural Property, designated in 1997 as a rare survivor of Hamada's life as a garrison town.

Discover the Masuda History and Folk Museum, a nationally registered tangible cultural property originally built as the Mino District Office in 1921. Now Rekishiina, this beautifully restored Taisho-era building serves as a gateway to Masuda's medieval Japan Heritage sites including Sesshu gardens and samurai castle ruins.

Completed in 1924 under the supervision of the influential architect Ito Chuta, the worship hall of Miho Shrine in Mihonoseki, Matsue, is a Registered Tangible Cultural Property. Its open-sided, boathouse-inspired design—without walls or ceiling—works with the forested mountains behind to create remarkable acoustics befitting the head shrine of Japan's Ebisu deity, renowned as a god of music.