Yamate Residence 234

Yamate Residence 234 is a Western-style apartment building located on the Bluff across from Motomachi Park. Builted in 1927, a time when Yokohama was fighting to rebuild after the disaster of the Great Kanto Earthquake in 1923. Yamate Residence 234 was a beautiful structure designed as an upscale apartment building. In later years the old building fell into disrepair, and it was bought by the City of Yokohama. Many assumed it would be torn down and replaced by a new construction.