The stately French Renaissance–style Jinpū-kaku Villa, built as accommodation for the Taishō emperor when he visited as Crown Prince in 1907, now houses a museum dedicated to the building's history, and is ringed by a manicured garden.
Jinpū-kaku Villa
Western Honshū
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