Exploring "Famous Station Buildings" You Should Visit Now! Release of "100 Japanese Station Building Heritages"

Ikaros Publications, Ltd. (Headquarters: Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, President & CEO: Akihiro Yamate), which handles media business in fields such as aviation and railways within the Impress Group, released "100 Japanese Station Building Heritages" authored by Kaname Shimizu on May 18, 2026.

■ Before station buildings with cultural heritage value disappear

Stations are the gateways to cities. Station buildings built in older times, in particular, often feature elaborate designs suitable for a gateway or possess a majestic presence. While these buildings have acquired cultural property value over time, because they are public facilities where many people come and go, they sometimes disappear due to renovations and rebuilding.

■ Introducing "unknown famous stations" that have been overlooked until now

This magazine introduces "architecturally valuable station buildings that you will want to visit and should visit now." It covers station buildings from unprecedented angles such as "Modernist concrete station buildings" and "Modern famous stations," and also explains their appeal from the perspective of architectural history. It is a book packed with the undiscovered charm of station buildings that are not yet widely known.

■ This book is recommended for the following people:

Those who like railways, especially stations

Those whose hobby is traveling

Those who like looking at architecture

■ Magazine image preview

At first glance, Shin-Osaka, a simple terminal station, was a station with elements that could be considered a "heritage"!?

Introducing classic wooden station buildings, focusing on "unknown famous stations"

Also includes new columns that view station buildings from an architectural perspective

■ Structure of this book

Chapter 1: Classic wooden stations with a sense of history
Chapter 2: Wooden stations that changed shape to suit the times
Chapter 3: Stylish Western-style stations
Chapter 4: Station buildings from the golden age of railways that blossomed before the war
Chapter 5: The wind of a new era, modern wooden stations
Chapter 6: Modernist concrete station buildings
Chapter 7: Unknown famous stations
Chapter 8: Disappearing station buildings
Column 1: Classification of station buildings
Column 2: Western-style vs. Japanese-style stations
Column 3: Changes in station buildings seen through building materials
Column 4: Where is the oldest station building?
Digest 1: Stations reborn through renovation
Digest 2: Stations born from the pre-war tourism boom
Digest 3: Modern-day stations
Digest 4: Reconstructed station buildings

■ Bibliographic Information

Title: 100 Japanese Station Building Heritages
Author: Kaname Shimizu
Release Date: Monday, May 18, 2026
Specifications: B5 size / 112 pages
Price: 1,980 yen (Base price 1,800 yen + 10% tax)
ISBN: 978-4-8022-1738-5
◇ Ikaros Publications book information page: https://books.ikaros.jp/book/b10154682.html

[Ikaros Publications, Ltd.]

Develops publishing activities mainly in the aviation, railway, military, and rescue fields, centered on "Monthly Airline".
Furthermore, it develops many publications in fields such as travel, interpreting/translation, and lifestyle.

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A media group with Impress Holdings, Inc. (Headquarters: Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, Representative Director: Yuki Tsukamoto) as the holding company. We develop highly specialized media & services and solution businesses with main themes such as "IT", "Music", "Design", "Mountains/Nature", "Aviation/Railways", "Mobile Services", and "Academic/Science and Engineering". In addition, we also develop and operate platforms for the content business.

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