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Overview
A port facing the continent, keeping a British consulate and a trading company's block with a Japanese garden on its roof.
About this place
The former Shimonoseki British Consulate is the oldest surviving building in Japan used as a consulate, in Karatocho, Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi Prefecture. It is a two-story brick building completed in December 1906 (Meiji 39). It was designated an Important Cultural Property of Japan in May 1999 (Heisei 11). Following a recommendation to the home government by the British Minister to Japan, Ernest Satow, on September 13, 1901 (Meiji 34), the British government opened a consulate at 26 Akamacho, Shimonoseki.
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Founded / opened：Meiji period Highlights / collection：Former British Consulate in Shimonoseki, Former Akita Shokai Building Genre：Architecture
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