Senpukan

泉布観· Architecture

About

Senpukan stands across the highway from the Osaka Mint and was built in Meiji 4 (1871) as the reception hall of the Zoheiryo, the mint of its founding years that is today the Japan Mint. It was designed by the British engineer Waters, who did much for early Meiji Western-style architecture in Japan. The two-storey building, with beautiful white plastered walls, is brick throughout and has verandas running around it in the veranda colonial style. Inside, the ceilings are high and the rooms carry elegant detail such as fireplaces and chandeliers. Senpu means coinage and kan means hall; Emperor Meiji gave the building its name himself. It is a nationally designated Important Cultural Property.

Translated from the Osaka Prefecture and Osaka City tourist listings (観光施設一覧, CC BY 4.0).

Getting there

Kyobashi 832 m away in a straight line, not a walking route Open in Google Maps 〒 530-0042 大阪市北区天満橋1-1-1

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