
Kumamoto Castle
Kumamoto Castle is known as one of the three most famous castles in Japan. It is also known as Ginkgo Castle, and was bu...

Nagasaki Jiro Bookstore in Kumamoto City area
Nagasaki Jiro Bookstore is a two-story wooden building with brick exterior walls. Its distinctive features include a roo...

Historical Buildings and Architecture in Aso City
Aso Shrine is located in Ichinomiya, at the northern foot of Mount Aso. It is said to have been founded over 2,000 years...

Shirakawa-go Wada Residence
This is one of the largest gassho-style houses in Shirakawa-go, and the only onedesignated as an Important Cultural Prop...

Yoshijima Family Residence in Takayama
It is a 15-minute walk from JR Takayama Station. Originally the residence of awealthy merchant who ran a sake brewery, t...

Io-zan Hida Kokubunnji in Takayama
A small, historic Buddhist temple known for its rows of Buddha statues and theancient ginkgo tree in its grounds.While m...

Historical Buildings and Architecture in Nagano City, Suzaka and Obuse City 2024/9/23,24
Patio Daimon Near the southern approach to Nagano City’s Zenkoji Temple is a collection of earthen-walled storehouses. T...

Shimonoseki city
Former Shimonoseki British Consulate This building, which incorporates the Queen Anne style developed in England in the ...

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...

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.