Mitsubishi-kan is known as an eminent, European style construction.
This building is an European-style building of two stories. The brick was imported from Britain. It has a vaulted ceiling and there is a corridor in the second floor.
The roof is wood frame with sheet copper roofing. The building has the dome on front corner.
This was constructed as a Kawasaki bank Sawara branch (opened 1880), donated to the city now, and used for Tourist Board Information Centre.
Chiba Prefecture cultural asset
The plus information
The nearby sights
- Historic street of Sawara(National landscape conservation area)
- Machi-gurumi Museum at-home
- Toyohashi-bridge (Jah-jah bashi)
- Memorial hall of Inoh Tadataka
- historic house of Inoh Tadataka
- The museum of festival float in Sawara
- Reference
- rest stop Kurimoto
- Kurimoto area
- Kurimoto sweetpotato festival
- External site
- rest stop Kurimoto
The sights a little way off
seasonal
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Data
- Name
- Mitsubishi-kan
- Place
- Sawara, Katori City
- Access
By train : Getting off at Sawara Station, JR Narita-line. And 5 minutes on foot
By car : Higashi Kanto Expressway, 10 minutes from Sawara-Katori exit- Inquiries
- Katori City Sightseeing division; Tel.0478-50-1212