Built in 1921 by Ishikawa Ikutarō so as not to look shabby in front of foreign guests.
Ishikawa Ikutarō, founder of the silk mill that in the early twentieth century was among the largest silk companies in Japan, had this guesthouse built for the company's foreign guests with the stated ambition of not ‘underselling’ the city. The building retains its marble floors, solid wood staircases and made-to-measure chandeliers. Listed as a national Registered Tangible Cultural Property in 2001, it passed into the ownership of the municipality of Iruma in 2003.
A 1921 Western-style house built by the silk industrialist Ishikawa in Iruma; today it is a cultural property.
ℹ️ Open to the public only at certain times of the year.
🚉 Irumashi · 6 min walk
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It is the model for Akashi Seijūrō's family home, which appears in the flashback during Seirin against Rakuzan, just after Kuroko and Kagami break the Emperor Eye. Not to be confused with its use as an interior set in the live-action film of ‘The Promised Neverland’: here it is a model drawn in the anime.
Sources: ajin-movie.com · seichi-junrei.info · alit.city.iruma.saitama.jp
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