The Sun Yat-sen Memorial Museum (Ijokaku) in Maiko, Tarumi-ku, Kobe, makes use of the hexagonal Western-style building 'Ijokaku,' constructed in 1915 by overseas Chinese merchant Wu Jintang. Sun Yat-sen visited Kobe multiple times and met here with supporters of the Xinhai Revolution. Located within Maiko Park with views of the Akashi Strait, it is designated a National Important Cultural Property…

The Ishojikaku (Moving Sentiments Pavilion) is a three-story hexagonal Western-style building constructed in 1915 by Wu Jintang, a prominent overseas Chinese businessman residing in Kobe, as a private villa within Maiko Park. Wu was a philanthropist whose enterprises spanned both Japan and China. Su…