Old Asakura house (or Kyu-Asakura House) is a rare and beautifully preserved old wooden house in the centre of ultra-modern Tokyo.
![A second floor passageway in Kyu-Asakura House](https://cdn.cheapoguides.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/08/kyu-asakura-house-passageway_gdl-770x578.jpg)
Built in 1919, it was the residence of the Torajiro Asakura, the chairman of the Tokyo Prefectural Assembly, and then a member of the local Shibuya City Assembly.
The house has been designated as an Important Cultural Property by the Japanese Government due to its architecture, history and because it is a rare example of a large wooden house that survived the Great Kanto Earthquake of 1923.
![View from the Suginoma (cedar rooms)](https://cdn.cheapoguides.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/08/kyu-asakura-house-view_gdl-770x578.jpg)
Most rooms of the house have floors of tatami. The Suginoma (cedar rooms) on the west side of the ground floor offer a particularly beautiful view of the garden.
![View of Kyu-Asakura House from the garden](https://cdn.cheapoguides.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/08/kyu-asakura-house-garden_gdl-770x578.jpg)
Admission is free for visitors over 60 years of age and for those with disabilities.
Children: ¥50
- 216 m from Daikanyama Station Tōkyū Tōyoko Line (TY2)
- 395 m from Naka-meguro Station Hibiya Line (H1)Tōkyū Tōyoko Line (TY3)
- 0.8 km from Ebisu Station Hibiya Line (H2)Yamanote Line (JY21)