The Osaka Prefectural government is considering demolishing the 99-year old official prefectural governor’s residence. The historic home had been occupied by many governors over the past century but there have been growing concerns over its safety in the event of an earthquake.
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The 94-year-old former Shitaya Elementary School in Ueno will be demolished by Taito ward sometime in 2023. This was one of the ‘revival elementary schools’ built after the devastating 1923 Great Kanto earthquake.
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¥266,000,000
Land with existing structure | Land size: 110.80 sqm (1,192 sq.ft)
Shitaya, Taito-ku, Tokyo
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An historic merchant house in Hokkaido has apparently been listed for sale for just 30 million Yen (US$210,000). The heritage-listed Yokoyama Residence was built in the 1860s and later.
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Some old things deserve to be preserved and that is the thinking behind a newly-opened art gallery in Kanagawa’s Fujisawa City that features a 180-year-old tatami room as part of its gallery space.
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An old townhouse located right next door to the historic Iseya Pawnshop in Hongo, Tokyo, was listed for sale recently. The two-story wooden house fronts onto Kikuzaka Street.
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A historic and heritage-listed home in Kagoshima City will be demolished by the end of this year after a six-year attempt to save it.
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Tokyo City is looking for a new tenant for the historic Ogasawara Residence in Shinjuku. The Spanish-style home was built in 1927 for Count Nagayoshi Ogasawara (1885-1935).
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The new owner of a historic home in Yokohama is carrying out a full restoration. The Yamate 133 Ban-Kan residence was built sometime around 1930 and initially occupied by the Rising Sun Oil Corporation (a predecessor of Shell).
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The Kobe Bankers Association will be demolishing its modernist building and replacing it with a new one by 2025.
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