It started out as a customs warehouse in 1911, built with the most advanced technique of the time.
The two buildings (warehouse No. 2, completed in 1911, and warehouse No. 1, from 1913) were built as a bonded warehouse (保税倉庫) for the port of Yokohama, for storing and inspecting cotton and silk awaiting customs clearance. They were among the first in Japan to combine brick masonry with an iron structure, the most advanced technology of the time, to a design by the architect Tsumaki Yorinaka. They survived the 1923 Kantō earthquake and the war; since 2002 they have been a shopping and cultural centre, but the outer shell is the original one from the early twentieth century.
Built between 1899 and 1913 as a government customs warehouse, they were restored and reopened as a shopping and cultural space in 2002.
ℹ️ The square and the outdoor walkways are always open and free; the shops and venues inside have their own opening hours, generally 11:00–20:00.
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