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Futabakan

Aichi · Nagoya · Architecture

Japanese name: 文化のみち二葉館

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WHAT TO DOFutabakan

The house of Japan's first actress and an electricity magnate, relocated and restored with its stained glass.

WHEREAichi

Owari · Nagoya

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The house of Japan's first actress and an electricity magnate, relocated and restored with its stained glass.

About this place

Bunka no Michi Futabakan is an exhibition facility in Shumokucho, Higashi Ward, Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture. Also called the former Kawakami Sadayakko residence. It is a facility making up the Bunka no Michi (Path of Culture) and is just outside the "Shirakabe-Chikara-Shumoku Townscape Preservation District." It originally stood in Higashi-Futabacho, Higashi Ward, Nagoya (now Shirakabe 3-chome).

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Key facts

Founded / opened:1920 Highlights / collection:Residence of Sadayakko Kawakami, Japan's first actress, Taisho-era Japanese-Western house Genre:Architecture, Western art

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