Taishō
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Former Taisha Station in Izumo, Shimane, built in 1924, is one of only three station buildings holding Important Cultural Property status. It reopened in 2026.
The Izumo Taisha Ukabashi Otorii, a 23-metre reinforced-concrete gate of 1915 over the road at the south end of Shinmon-dori, Izumo City, was registered in 2015.
Built in 1914 in the northwest corner of the Izumo Taisha precinct, this two-storey cedar treasure hall was registered as a Tangible Cultural Property in 2015.
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.
This timber house of about 1920 at Kohama, a fishing village in Masuda, has a low attic storey and lime plaster to the eaves. Registered in 2022; interior private.
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.
The former Mino District Office in Masuda, Shimane, built in 1921 with a carriage porch and projecting wings typical of Taisho offices. Registered in 1996.
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.