Japan Travel Tokyo - Old Goryo-tei (Taiwan Pavilion) 旧御凉亭 (台湾閣)

Japan Travel Tokyo - Old Goryo-tei (Taiwan Pavilion) 旧御凉亭 (台湾閣)(2023 0528) 

Locate: Shinjuku Gyoen National Garden

Address: 11 Naito-machi, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo　

Access:

A 10-minute walk from the JR Shinjuku Station south exit / 5-minute walk from Tokyo Metro Marunouchi Line Shinjuku-gyoemmae Station / 5-minute walk from Toei Shinjuku Line Shinjuku-sanchome Station

 

The building was donated by voluntary Japanese residents in Taiwan at the time in 1927 to commemorate wedding of the Emperor Showa, and was designed by Matsunosuke Moriyama. This building is styled on the Chinese southern local (Fujian) building styles prevalent at the time (Minnan architecture), and it is considered a valuable piece of architecture as there are very few authentic Chinese-style buildings in Japan.