A 1934 Mountain Villa with a Stone Fireplace
The Rokko Sanso (Former Kodera Family Villa) (六甲山荘（旧小寺家山荘）) is a Western-style mountain villa on Mount Rokko of 1934 in Kita Rokko, Rokkosancho, Nada Ward, Kobe City, Hyogo Prefecture, and was registered as a Registered Tangible Cultural Property (structure) on October 23, 2008 (Agency for Cultural Affairs).
The Agency records a single-storey timber building with a slate roof and a building area of 263 square metres; registration number 28-0373.
Adze-Finished Beams and a Stone Fireplace
Rokko Sanso is a mountain villa with clapboard walls and rows of white-painted wooden sliding windows, its rooms linked by a central corridor (Agency for Cultural Affairs).
The living room, of twenty tatami mats, opens onto a terrace with a fine view, shows beams finished with an adze and has a fireplace of piled stone (Agency for Cultural Affairs).
Why It Was Registered
The Agency registered the villa as a model of design.
What to Look For
Look for the twenty-mat living room by the terrace, its adze-finished beams and its stone fireplace (Agency for Cultural Affairs).
Visiting
It is owned by the Amenity 2000 Association, a non-profit organisation (Agency for Cultural Affairs). No official information on public access was found.
Q&A
- When was it built?
- In 1934 (Agency for Cultural Affairs).
- What marks its exterior?
- Clapboard walls and white wooden sliding windows.
- What is the living room like?
- Twenty mats, facing the terrace, with a stone fireplace.
- Who owns it?
- The Amenity 2000 Association, a non-profit.
- When was the Rokko Sanso (Former Kodera Family Villa) registered?
- On October 23, 2008 (Agency for Cultural Affairs).
Basic Information
| Name | Rokko Sanso (Former Kodera Family Villa) (六甲山荘（旧小寺家山荘）) |
|---|---|
| Location | 4512-58 Kita Rokko, Rokkosancho, Nada Ward, Kobe City, Hyogo Prefecture |
| Designation | Registered Tangible Cultural Property (Structure) |
| Year Designated | Registered 2008/10/23 (Heisei 20) |
| Quantity | 1 building |
| Dimensions | Single-storey timber, slate roof, 263 m² |
| Owner | Amenity 2000 Association (NPO) |
| Public Access | No official access information |
References
- Rokko Sanso (Former Kodera Family Villa) (Database of National Cultural Properties, Agency for Cultural Affairs)
- https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/101/00007400
Last verified: 2026.10.23