Former Marquis Maeda Mansion — Attraction in Tokyo

This is a jewel in Tokyos crown. It’s well worth a visit and as there are a few other museums in the vicinity, you can spend all day there if you wish.

The garden is open until about 430pm and serves as a public park, it’s a lovely place to picnic.

The house is amazing and free to enter, so this is not a complaint but I would find it really interesting if some of the old service staff areas were open to the public, such as the kitchen. That way we can get an idea not of just what life was like for the Maeda family to live there, but what it was like for the service staff working there. More than 100 people were employed to run the estate.

The other cool thing is my youngest was super excited the next morning after our visit, calling to me, as she realised the house is depicted as the spy school in an animation she watches on Prime called ‘Spy Classroon’. The exterior/interior has been drawn...

This building, called the Yokan, as well as its Japanese counterpart the Wakan, are in Komaba Park, which is somewhat near Shibuya.

The complex was built in the 1920’s and served as the home of Marquis Maeda, an aristocrat at the time. When the war broke out he went to fight and died on the front lines. The western house was his residence and the Japanese one was where he entertained guests. La dee da! Anyway, when the war ended the US military brass lived here, and likely had a good time. It is restored and kept beautifully, and is free to explore. When I was there yesterday they were having a piano concert. Lovely!

Don't forget to visit the Japanese building - the Wakan - which is along...

A beautiful place to visit, one of the old preserved historical building before WWII. The former residence of the Maeda family was originally located in Hongo, Bunkyo City. This mansion was once owned by Marquis Maeda Toshinari l, the sixteenth head of the Maeda family of the former Kaga domain (which is one of the most powerful houses in Japan since Edo era) , relocated the residence to Komaba, Meguro City. Toshinari Maeda was highly sophisticated person so that he had traveled abroad and the house was designed to be able to invite international highly guests. The total area of the site is...