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The Residence of the Philippine Ambassador to Tokyo, informally known as the , is the official residence of the Philippine ambassador to Japan. It is located in 1-1-1 Fujimi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, Japan. It is called the "crown jewel of Philippine foreign service" and the first officially-designated Philippine national historical landmark outside Philippine soil. Ambassador Manuel Lopez, Philippine ambassador to Japan currently resides in the building. ==History== Kudan is named after nearby Kudanzaka hilltop. Its address 1-1-1 Fujimi can be literally translated into “a hill from which one can get a good perspective of Mt. Fuji.”〔 The residence was built within a land in the Tokugawa Shogunate, by Iwajiro Yasuda, a member of the family of prominent businessman Yasuda Zenjirō in the 1930s.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://tokyo.philembassy.net/02events/amb-lopez-calls-for-perpetual-preservation-of-kudan-ms-yoko-ono-lennon-cites-importance-of-kudan-in-promoting-lasting-friendship-and-peace-between-the-philippines-and-japan/ )〕 It was originally known as the Yasuda Mansion. Zenjiro Yasuda founded Yasuda Zaibatsu and the Fuji group of companies.〔 He is also the great-grandfather of artist Yoko Ono.〔 Iwajiro, a painter, originally inherited a family home in Kamakura but decided to built a new house in Tokyo. He commissioned the Yokogawa Construction and Takenaka Corporation to build his new house. Tokisuke Yokogawa served as architect. Construction started in March 1933 and was completed in January 1935.〔 The building is built on the ''takadai'' or a high place in the city〔 and is mainly patterned after Iberian styles and a mix of Renaissance, Gothic, Spanish, and Nippon styles.〔 It was built using Japanese materials, including tiles from Toyama Prefecture. The design of the rooms were patterned after the hobbies of Yasuda's son.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://tokyo.philembassy.net/the-embassy/the-ambassador/residence-of-the-ambassador/ )〕 World War II came and the Yasuda suffered financial problem. He sold his residence to President Jose P. Laurel for one million yen. Laurel bought the Yasuda property for the Philippine government in Tokyo on 31 March 1944.〔 Since then, it served as the official residence of the Philippine ambassador to Tokyo and for socio-cultural affairs of Filipinos in Japan. On 9 March 1952, the National Historical Committee (precursor of NHCP), installed a commemorative plaque on Kudan which highlights the history of the building and its purchase by President Laurel in 1944.〔〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://digitaledition.philstar.com/articles/2014-03-10/news/phl-embassy-in-tokyo-named-natl-historical-landmark/45227 )〕 The National Historical Commission of the Philippines (NHCP) declared the Kudan property as a National Historical Landmark through signing Resolution no. 1, series of 2013.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B9c6mrxI4zoYZ2lSU2JuV2dQckE/view )〕 The unveiling of the marker happened on March 2014 in the presence of Ambassador Lopez, NHCP chair Dr. Maria Serena Diokno, and Japanese and Filipino officials. Kudan is the first officially-designated Philippine national historical landmark outside Philippine soil.〔 In the unveiling of the marker, Lopez called the building as ''the crown jewel of Philippine foreign service.''〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「The Kudan」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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