Shōwa

Tottori · 昭和

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84 total Tottori Shōwa Period 1926 – 1989
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Ryokan Ohashi Banquet Hall Building
Tottori 昭和前
Ryokan Ohashi Banquet Hall Building

The Ryokan Ohashi Banquet Hall Building in Misasa Onsen is a 1932 two-storey block with a kitchen below and a staged hall above, crowned by a pair of chidori gables.

Ryokan Ohashi Taiko Bridge
Tottori 昭和前
Ryokan Ohashi Taiko Bridge

The Ryokan Ohashi Taiko Bridge is a 1932 roofed, arched corridor joining two buildings of an inn in Misasa Onsen, spanning a lane with lanterns at each end.

Ryokan Ohashi West Annex
Tottori 昭和前
Ryokan Ohashi West Annex

The Ryokan Ohashi West Annex is a small 1932 building at the downstream end of an inn in Misasa Onsen, joined by a bridge and decorated with triangular openings.

Ryokan Ohashi Annex
Tottori 昭和前
Ryokan Ohashi Annex

The Ryokan Ohashi Annex is a 1932 three-storey guest wing of an inn in Misasa Onsen, joining a hip-and-gable block and a lower hipped block, registered in 1997.

Ryokan Ohashi Main Building
Tottori 昭和前
Ryokan Ohashi Main Building

The Ryokan Ohashi Main Building is the 1932 three-storey heart of an inn in Misasa Onsen, Tottori, holding its entrance and guest rooms; registered in 1997.

Wakasa Railway Abe Station Platform
Tottori 昭和前
Wakasa Railway Abe Station Platform

Wakasa Railway Abe Station Platform, 72 metres of 1932 concrete faced with granite, keeps a glazed waiting shelter facing the old timber station building.

Wakasa Railway Abe Station Building
Tottori 昭和前
Wakasa Railway Abe Station Building

Wakasa Railway Abe Station Building, a 1932 timber station, has two doors for the two villages it served and a block instrument room from the era of manual signals.

Wakasa Railway Inaba-Funaoka Station Building and Platform
Tottori 昭和前
Wakasa Railway Inaba-Funaoka Station Building and Platform

Wakasa Railway Inaba-Funaoka Station joins a 1929 timber building, a tall parcels shed and a 97-metre granite-faced platform in one piece, its waiting room intact.

Wakasa Railway Hatto River Bridge No. 1
Tottori 昭和前
Wakasa Railway Hatto River Bridge No. 1

Wakasa Railway Hatto River Bridge No. 1 carries the line 139 metres across the Hatto River on round granite piers, its eight 1929 girders bending in a gentle arc.

Wakasa Railway Hatto River Bridge No. 3
Tottori 昭和前
Wakasa Railway Hatto River Bridge No. 3

Wakasa Railway Hatto River Bridge No. 3 spans the upper Hatto River on seven steel girders, three of them 20-metre spans over the stream, built for the 1930 opening.

Wakasa Railway Hatto River Bridge No. 2
Tottori 昭和前
Wakasa Railway Hatto River Bridge No. 2

Wakasa Railway Hatto River Bridge No. 2 crosses the Hatto River in Yazu Town on ten steel girders from three makers, a 128-metre bridge built for the 1930 opening.

Wakasa Railway Tampi Station Building and Platform
Tottori 昭和前
Wakasa Railway Tampi Station Building and Platform

Wakasa Railway Tampi Station keeps its 1930 timber building and 80-metre stone platform, under a canopy framed in reused Carnegie rails still bearing the name.

Wakasa Railway Hatto Station Platform
Tottori 昭和前
Wakasa Railway Hatto Station Platform

Wakasa Railway Hatto Station Platform, laid out in 1930 apart from its station building and joined to it by a ramp, carries a glazed 1954 shelter at its centre.

Wakasa Railway Hatto Station Building
Tottori 昭和前
Wakasa Railway Hatto Station Building

Wakasa Railway Hatto Station Building, a 1930 timber station midway down the line, keeps its gabled porch; its old parcels shed was later absorbed by an extension.

Wakasa Railway Snow Shed
Tottori 昭和中
Wakasa Railway Snow Shed

Wakasa Railway Snow Shed, a 24-metre concrete frame of 1948, shields the track from mountain snow with a sloping roof, in stark contrast to the rockfall shed nearby.

Wakasa Railway Rockfall Shed
Tottori 昭和中
Wakasa Railway Rockfall Shed

Wakasa Railway Rockfall Shed, a 35-metre concrete gallery of 1955, guards the track with fourteen side arches and an earth-packed roof that cushions falling rock.

Wakasa Railway Wakasa Station Locomotive Turntable
Tottori 昭和前
Wakasa Railway Wakasa Station Locomotive Turntable

Wakasa Railway Wakasa Station Locomotive Turntable is a hand-turned 15-metre steel table of 1930 whose pit takes in water to melt snow; visitors can try turning it.

Wakasa Railway Wakasa Station Water Tower
Tottori 昭和前
Wakasa Railway Wakasa Station Water Tower

Wakasa Railway Wakasa Station Water Tower, a 1930 steel tank on a concrete base, watered steam engines beside the turntable and is the symbol of the old terminus.

Wakasa Railway Wakasa Station Former West Switchman's Hut
Tottori 昭和前
Wakasa Railway Wakasa Station Former West Switchman's Hut

Wakasa Railway Wakasa Station Former West Switchman's Hut, a 1930 timber hut of 3 square metres, is where staff waited to throw the yard points by hand.

Wakasa Railway Wakasa Station Former East Switchman's Hut
Tottori 昭和中
Wakasa Railway Wakasa Station Former East Switchman's Hut

Wakasa Railway Wakasa Station Former East Switchman's Hut is a 1951 rebuild of a 1930 pointsman's hut, matching its western twin save for its clapboard.