Kyu-Iwasaki-tei Gardens - Taito City

Antique old building which built in the ancient Japan in 18xx, art combine western and Japanese. Definitely worth to go in if u like architecture, building and history. The place close at 5pm, but last entrance will be at 4.30pm.

Beautiful Mitsubishi magnet's house from the Meiji period that deliberately blends "east" and "west", with an equally impressive adjoining Japanese style home. Well worth the visit (despite the renovation works at the moment, July 2018).

The house was the former residence of the Iwasaki family (founders of Mitsubishi). The main house is a great example of western architecture in Japan. It's connected to a Japanese style house, where the family actually lived. Unfortunately the Japanese section of the house is much smaller than the original as the garden, while still large is only about 1/3 of the original. Well worth visiting.

Former Iwasaki House Garden is the old western style building designed by Josiah Conder with 17th-century British Jacobian decorations and the old Japanese style building house with a beautiful garden.

Kyu-Iwasaki-tei Garden (旧岩崎邸庭園, Kyū-Iwasaki-tei teien) is located in Taitō, Tokyo. It is the former estate of the Iwasaki clan who were the founders of Mitsubishi; the name Kyū-Iwasaki-tei means Old Iwasaki house. The premises have three buildings: a Western-style house designed by British architect Josiah Conder, a Japanese house and a billiard house, and cover an area of about 17,000 square metres. The grounds were originally owned by the Sakakibara family of the Echigo Takada Clan in the Edo period, and were the site of their Edo residence. The property passed to the Makino family of the Maizuru clan in the early Meiji era. In 1896, Hisaya Iwasaki, son of the founder of the Mitsubishi group, Yataro Iwasaki, purchased this land — three years after becoming Mitsubishi's third president. The premises became the official residence of the Iwasaki family. Hisaya Iwasaki hired the British architect, Josiah Conder, who designed a two-story Western-style main building and the Swiss-style billiards house. The whole project actually consisted of more than 20 buildings on 49,500 m2 property. After World War II, the residence was confiscated by the Supreme Commander of the Allied Powers and after it was returned it was used as the Judicial Research and Training Institute of the Supreme Court until 1970. Of all that was built, only the Western-style mansion, the billiards house, and one Japanese-style structure remain — victim first to the Liberation of Japan, but more to the Japanese Department of Justice, which demolished nearly all the Japanese-style housing. The present grounds are now less than half their original size. In 1961, the main mansion was saved by being recognized as an Important Cultural Asset status. This was extended to the whole property in 1999. Since 2001, it has been administered by the Tokyo metropolitan government. The garden is about 3 minutes' walk from Yushima Station.

Nice place to visit in order to get a sense of how wealthy people used to live in Japan The house is located in a quiet area close to the University of Tokyo. The green garden around it and the architecture of the building is quite beautiful. However, the interior is less interesting and features little novel items from the past.

It is an huge old house which used to belong to the first owner of one of the largest Japanese conglomerate Mitsubishi. It is so close from the Ueno park. You can hardly miss it if you keep walking from the park and across from the pond. From the outside it is typical European style house but if you go inside you will find Japanese style. Actually this house is semidetached with a traditional Japanese house on the first floor. The pamphlet says it used to be much bigger. In an Japanese house you can see some detailed touch of a master. Especially the wallpaper and the engraving of the wooden pillar are splendidly colorful and exquisite.

A handsome English Georgian mansion, a stone’s thrown away from Ueno Zoo. Shame that most of mansion is off limits. The grounds are still recovering from a harsh long winter so there is barely a garden scene. As usual, the interior is kept immaculate.