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Each floor was built by a different master carpenter competing with the others, so no two transoms are alike.
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Tokaikan is a cultural facility at 12-10 Higashimatsubaracho, Ito, Shizuoka Prefecture. The building is an Ito City Designated Tangible Cultural Property. From 1928 (Showa 3) to 1997 (Heisei 9) it operated as the hot spring inn "Tokaikan." Afterward the building was donated to Ito, and the cultural facility "Tokaikan" opened in 2001 (Heisei 13). In 1928 (Showa 3), the hot spring inn Tokaikan was founded by Inaba Yasutaro, who ran a timber business in Ito Town, Kamo District.
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Founded / opened：1928 Highlights / collection：Wooden three-storey inn, Different ranma in each room Genre：Architecture, Sculpture
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