Travel BLOG by Shinjee Research Institute

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

Built in 1914, the station building was the first railway station to be designated as animportant cultural property.It w...

・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.