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![Bar Kagiya, Edo-Tokyo Open Air Architectural Museum (relocated from Tait? Ward, Tokyo), 2017<br>"This bar used to be on Kototoi Street in Shitaya, Taito Ward. It is said to have been built in 1856 and to have survived the earthquake and the Second World War. The building and its interior have been restored to their appearance around 1970. [2-chome, Shitaya, Taito Ward, 1856]"](media/large/!Favourites/0026%20-%202017-01.jpg)
![House of architect Mayekawa Kunio, Edo-Tokyo Open Air Architectural Museum (relocated from Shinagawa, Tokyo), 2017<br>"This house was built in 1942 by the architect Kunio Mayekawa, for himself, in Kami-osaki, Shinagawa Ward. He contributed to the development of modern architecture in Japan. The house was built during the Second World War when it was difficult to procure building materials. It has a Japanese-style gabled roof and a simple layout consisting of a study and bedrooms around a living room with a vaulted ceiling. [3-chome, Kami-osaki, Shinagawa Ward, 1942.]"](media/large/!Favourites/0027%20-%202017-01.jpg)
