Shōwa
Tochigi · 昭和Browse Tochigi’s cultural heritage from the Shōwa period (1926 – 1989). Filter by type and keyword, with concise stories, maps, and travel tips.
Moka City Kubo Auditorium, a 1938 timber school hall by Endo Arata, pupil of Frank Lloyd Wright. Twin towers, a low balcony, Tochigi's first registered building.
The Yamagata Aritomo Memorial Hall Annex is a refined two-story wooden Western-style house built around 1927 within the historic grounds of Yamagata Farm in Yaita City, Tochigi Prefecture. Registered as a National Tangible Cultural Property in 2021, it features a hipped tile roof, a south-facing dormer window, and a pergola-shaded porch. Together with the adjacent main hall, it preserves the atmosphere of an early twentieth-century aristocratic country estate at the foot of Mount Takahara.