THE CHOUEKE RESIDENCE WAS DESIGNED AND COMPLETED ON SEPT. 29TH. 1896 BY A.N. HANSEL, A BRITISH ARCHITECT. MR. HANSEL ARRIVED TO JAPAN IN 1889 AND STAYED FOR TWENTY YEARS. DURING THIS TIME HE BUILT MANY EXCELLENT BUILDINGS, EXAMPLES OF WHICH CAN BE SEEN AT DOSHISHA UNIVERSITY AND HEIAN WOMAN'S UNIVERSITY IN KYOTO. THIS HOUSE IS DESIGNED AS A VICTORIAN MANSION IN THE ENGLISH STYLE WITH AN ADDITION OF INTERESTING ELEMENTS FROM OTHER COUNTRIES. THE HOUSE IS MADE OF WOOD, TWO STORIES, WITH AN ATTACHED STAFF DORMITORY AND KITCHEN. THE HOUSE IS ORIENTED FROM EAST TO WEST. TO THE SOUTH, THERE IS A BEAUTIFUL GARDEN, AND TO THE NORTH, WE HAVE THE ENTRANCE TO THE STREET. MAINLY, THIS IS A HOME THAT HAS SERVED ITS RESIDENTS AND HAS BEEN IN CONSTANT USE FOR OVER 100 YEARS. ALTHOUGH MOST OF THE FOREIGN RESIDENCES WERE DESTROYED DURING WW2, THIS HOUSE MIRACULOUSLY SURVIVED AND HAS BEEN CARED FOR BY THE CHOUEKE FAMILY FOR OVER 50 YEARS. IF YOU WERE TO LIVE IN THIS HOUSE WITH YOUR FAMILY, YOU WOULD FIND IT VERY COMFORTABLE AND EFFICIENT. IT IS A PLACE THAT COMBINES ESTHETIC BEAUTY AND PRACTICALITY WITHOUT SACRIFICING ONE FOR THE OTHER.