Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall (Japan)

What it is

• Museum dedicated to Sun Yat-sen, a Chinese revolutionary.
• Opened in 1984 in Kobe City's Maiko Park.
• Japan's only memorial to Sun Yat-sen.

What to see

• Octagonal Chinese-style building 'Ijokaku', built in 1915.
• Japan's oldest existing concrete block building.
• Interior walls decorated with reproduced Kinkarakawashi.
• Displays of Sun Yat-sen's writings and personal belongings.
• Stone monument with Sun Yat-sen's calligraphy 'Tianxia Weigong'.

Notes written by Japan Gems from facts in Japanese Wikipedia.