Meiji

Shizuoka · 明治

Browse Shizuoka’s cultural heritage from the Meiji period (1868 – 1912). Filter by type and keyword, with concise stories, maps, and travel tips.

96 total Shizuoka Meiji Period 1868 – 1912
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Hokoji Temple Outer Gate
Shizuoka 明治
Hokoji Temple Outer Gate

Standing at the entrance to the approach at Hokoji Temple in Hamamatsu, this Meiji-period gate has no doors and spreads low side walls to left and right.

Hokoji Temple Imperial Envoy Gate
Shizuoka 明治
Hokoji Temple Imperial Envoy Gate

Raised in 1907 on the stone platform before the Founder's Hall at Hokoji Temple in Hamamatsu, this copper-roofed gate carries an undulating eave curve on both faces.

Hokoji Temple Hansobo Shinden
Shizuoka 明治
Hokoji Temple Hansobo Shinden

Attached behind the Hall of Worship at Hokoji Temple in Hamamatsu, this 1888 hall for the guardian deity sits low beneath a shallow, deeply eaved roof.

Hokoji Temple Hansobo Hall of Worship
Shizuoka 明治
Hokoji Temple Hansobo Hall of Worship

Raised in 1886 at Hokoji Temple in Hamamatsu, this 183-square-metre hall stacks two gables above its front and has a connecting beam carved in the round as a dragon.

Hokoji Temple Amulet Office
Shizuoka 明治
Hokoji Temple Amulet Office

Built about 1888 west of the worship hall at Hokoji Temple in Hamamatsu, this plain copper-roofed building is linked to it by a corridor and has fanned rafters.

Hokoji Temple Purification Pavilion
Shizuoka 明治
Hokoji Temple Purification Pavilion

Standing beside the Kagura Hall at Hokoji Temple in Hamamatsu, this open pavilion of 11 square metres shelters a stone water basin beneath a flat panelled ceiling.

Morimura Bridge
Shizuoka 明治
Morimura Bridge

Morimura Bridge in Oyama, Shizuoka, built in 1906 for a tramway from a spinning mill to the station, is a 39-metre steel Pratt truss, an early Japanese-built truss.

Amagi Tunnel
Shizuoka 明治
Amagi Tunnel

Former Iwashi School Building
Shizuoka 明治
Former Iwashi School Building

Furukiso
Shizuoka 明治
Furukiso

Shimizu Lighthouse
Shizuoka 明治
Shimizu Lighthouse

Matsushiro Family Residence
Shizuoka 明治
Matsushiro Family Residence

Arai Ryokan Kasumi Building
Shizuoka 明治
Arai Ryokan Kasumi Building

Arai Ryokan Seishuro
Shizuoka 明治
Arai Ryokan Seishuro

Oigawa Railway Vehicle Turntable
Shizuoka 明治
Oigawa Railway Vehicle Turntable

Ohashi Family Residence North Storehouse
Shizuoka 明治
Ohashi Family Residence North Storehouse

Ohashi Family Residence South Storehouse
Shizuoka 明治
Ohashi Family Residence South Storehouse

Ohashi Liquor Store Okugura
Shizuoka 明治
Ohashi Liquor Store Okugura

Ohashi Liquor Store Shinzo
Shizuoka 明治
Ohashi Liquor Store Shinzo

Oguri Family Residence Main Building
Shizuoka 明治
Oguri Family Residence Main Building