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A timber Western house built by local carpenters for an American woman missionary; an Important Cultural Property.
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The Hirosaki Gakuin Foreign Missionary Residence is a historic building in Hirosaki, Aomori Prefecture. Built in 1906 as a residence for a female Methodist missionary sent by the American Woman's Board of Missions to the Hirosaki Girls' School (now Hirosaki Gakuin University), it has been preserved and open to the public as the school's museum since 2004. It was designated an Important Cultural Property of Japan in 1978.
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Founded / opened：1906 Architect / artist：Komagoro Sakuraba Highlights / collection：Western-style house with clapboard siding Genre：Architecture
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