Japan visit Shimonoseki city
Former Shimonoseki British Consulate This building, which incorporates the Queen Anne style developed in England in the ...
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Japan visit The retro Mojiko Station building
Built in 1914, the station building was the first railway station to be designated as animportant cultural property.It w...
Japan visit Fukuoka City Red Brick Culture Museum
・This building was completed in 1909 as the Nippon Life Insurance Kyushu Branch.
- Designed by Kingo Tatsuno, one of Japan's leading architects during the Meiji era , and
Yasushi Kataoka.
- It was used as a company building until 1966, but in March 1969 it was designated as a
national important cultural property. Once it was designated, it was transferred to Fukuoka
City.
- Although small in size, it is rich in variety, with spires and domes, and the combination of
red brick and white stone is a style that was popular in England at the end of the 19th
century.
・Currently used as the Fukuoka City Red Brick Culture Museum.