Nagoya City Archives (名古屋市市政資料館) is a historic building located in the city of

Nagoya is the largest city in the Chūbu region, the fourth-most populous city and third most populous urban area in Japan, with a population of 2.3million in 2020. Located on the Pacific coast in central Honshu, it is the capital and the most po ...

, central Japan. It was constructed in 1922 during the

Taishō era The was a period in the history of Japan dating from 30 July 1912 to 25 December 1926, coinciding with the reign of Emperor Taishō. The new emperor was a sickly man, which prompted the shift in political power from the old oligarchic group of ...

, when western influences in architecture were increasingly fashionable in Japan. It was originally built as the Nagoya Court of Appeals building. It is designated today as an Important Cultural Property.

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Government of Nagoya Buildings and structures in Nagoya Government buildings completed in 1922 Important Cultural Properties of Japan Archives in Japan Tourist attractions in Nagoya City archives 1922 establishments in Japan {{Japan-struct-stub