Sightseeing spot in Nagoya (Yokiso villa Choshokaku building.) Today, I wrote about Choshokaku, the building I work for as a guide. You can see the images of Choshokaku in the website. http://yokiso.jp/eng/guide02/ Main attractions of Choshokaku Choshokaku is the landmark of Yokoso villa. It was built in 1937 and used as a guest house. It is 3 storied building with a basement. This house has different styles in each floor. First floor and second floor are designed in western style. The third floor is designed in Japanese style. Probably the most unique features can be found in the basement, which is designed in Indian style. The first draft of the interior was in all western styles, but Suketami, the owner, had changed the planning after his trip to Southeast Asian countires and India in 1934. Being a Buddhist, Suketami Ito, the owner of the house, impressed by the cave paintings in Ajanta, India. In the basement you can see Indian style wall paintings by an Indian artist and Indian decorations in the hall. The paintings depicts the scenes from Buddha’s birth, and they were copied after the cave paintings of the Ajanta stone cave. There used to be a long tunnel links Choshokaku and Yuhouken, another Japanese tea house. The purpose of this tunnel is remaining uncertain. You can see the entrance of this mysterious tunnel in the basement too. Imagine the house is built about 70 years ago. At that time, there were neither guidebooks nor the Internet. People did not have many opportunities to hear about other nations. So Suketami, the owner, proudly talked about what he saw in his trip to his guests by showing each rooms in Choshokaku.