Like a Hotel California / Yushima, Tokyo

There's an old residence near Ueno Park where is well known Ueno zoological garden.　This residence was built for Hisaya Iwasaki who is a son of the third generation of Mitsubishi which is a Japanese company syndicate,　Old Residence of Iwasaki Family. This residence was built by a British architect in 1896.

Access:
Take Subway Tokyo metro Chiyoda Line, Yushima Station, Exit 1.

This is a entrance of Old Residence of Iwasaki Family.
It takes about 3 minutes from Yushima Station.

A short walk from here brought you to your destination.

We are there! It feels like as if Eagles' Hotel California album cover.

Unfortunately, An old residence was surrounded by scaffold due to the under construction.

The impression of its residence, like this.

Let's go into the residence. Admission fee is 400 yen.
It opens form 9 to 5.

Western style rooms were used for the guests. Japanese style rooms were used for the daily life.

There is a spacious greener garden at the back of a residence. That was designed to represent of Pennsilvania where he studied.

This house used to be a billiard room which is connected to a residence by underground passage.

As I mentioned earlier, Hotel California is located near Ueno Park. Why don't you stop by there when you sightseeing at Ueno Park or shopping at Ameyoko Street.

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