constructionShibuya, Daikanyama
Former Asakura Residence（Site of the Asakura Residence)
stroll garden with a central pondTaisho era (1912.7.30-1926.12.25)important cultural property
The former Asakura Residence was built in 1919 by Torajiro Asakura, who served as chairman of the Tokyo Prefectural Assembly and chairman of the Shibuya Ward Assembly. It features an atmospheric Taisho Period Japanese-style house and a circular garden built on the southern slope of Sarugakucho. The main house and storehouse are designated as Important Cultural Properties. In the garden, there are traces of the arbor and the water channel from the Sanda Irrigation Canal, and stone lanterns and other landscaping are placed in the garden. Incidentally, the adjacent Hillside Terrace complex is still owned and operated by the Asakura family.
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| address (e.g. of house) | 29-20 Sarugaku-cho, Shibuya-ku |
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| Access | 5 min. walk from Daikanyama Station on the Tokyu Toyoko Line |
| phone | 03-3476-1021 |
| Business Hours | 10:00 – 18:00 (until 16:30 from November to February) *Entrance until 30 minutes before |
| regular closing day | Mondays (or the immediately following weekday if Monday is a national holiday), year-end and New Year holidays (December 29 – January 3) |
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| Founding and opening of business | 1919 (Taisho 8) |
