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.