Shōwa

An early Showa structure on high ground above Itaibara hamlet in Chizu, Tottori: a plain gabled worship hall, and a raised open frame sheltering the 1873 sanctuary.

Kanpu-an, the Yatagai House Tea House in Hoki Town, Tottori, sets a two-mat room and a four-and-a-half-mat room either side of a narrow mizuya. Registered in 2011.

Discover Ryokan Ohashi, a 1932 wooden inn in Tottori's Misasa Onsen designated as a Registered Tangible Cultural Property. Experience masterful shrine-carpenter architecture, naturally gushing hot springs, and exquisite kaiseki cuisine.

Built in 1932 along the rural Wakasa Line in eastern Tottori Prefecture, the Abe Station Platform is a 72-meter concrete structure with granite walls stacked in three layers and a distinctive glass-walled waiting room. Designated a National Registered Tangible Cultural Property in 2008, it remains in active use today and is also celebrated as a filming location for the beloved 'Otoko wa Tsurai yo' (Tora-san) film series.

Discover Inaba-Funaoka Station on the Wakasa Railway in Tottori Prefecture—a 1929 wooden station building and granite platform registered as a National Tangible Cultural Property. Explore its Showa-era charm, nearby cherry blossom sites, and tips for visiting this hidden gem along one of Japan's most scenic heritage railway lines.

Tucked into a quiet valley in Yazu Town, Tottori, the platform of Wakasa Railway's Hatto Station is a beautifully preserved stone-built structure dating from the 1930 opening of the Wakasa Line. With its trackside masonry wall, gentle ramp connection to the wooden station house, and a charming glass-walled waiting shelter added at center in 1954, it offers visitors an authentic encounter with early-Showa rural railway architecture. Designated a National Tangible Cultural Property in 2008 as part of Japan's first-ever block registration of 23 facilities along an entire railway line, the platform invites travelers to step into a slower, gentler era of country rail travel.