Former Muto Family Villa Western-Style House

A Seaside Villa with a Round Balcony

The Former Muto Family Villa Western-Style House (旧武藤家別邸洋館) is a Western-style villa of 1906, moved in 1996 and 2010 in Higashimaikocho, Tarumi Ward, Kobe City, Hyogo Prefecture, and was registered as a Registered Tangible Cultural Property (structure) on July 25, 2011 (Agency for Cultural Affairs).

The Agency records a two-storey timber building with a slate roof, covering 168 square metres; registration number 28-0513.

A Villa Facing the Sea

The Western-style house of the former Muto family villa is a two-storey timber building with its entrance on the road to the north and a balcony of circular plan projecting toward the sea (Agency for Cultural Affairs).

Its complex roof of natural slate combines hipped and gabled parts. It stands on a foundation of cut granite, with clapboard walls (Agency for Cultural Affairs). Hyogo Prefecture lists it among the main facilities of Maiko Park.

Why It Was Registered

The Agency registered it as a model of design, a villa of high-quality design in a scenic spot.

What to Look For

Look for the round balcony facing the sea and the natural slate roof of combined hips and gables (Agency for Cultural Affairs).

Visiting

It is a facility of Hyogo Prefecture's Maiko Park, next to the Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall (Ijokaku). No official information on opening hours or admission was found.