Nagoya City Archives and Museum

This museum is housed in the Former Nagoya Court of Appeals, Local Court, and District Court Building, a nationally designated Important Cultural Property. It serves as Nagoya City’s public archives, collecting and preserving the city’s administrative documents and materials and making them available to the public. Spaces for meetings and exhibitions are also available for rent for a fee.

The neo-baroque building, with its beautiful contrast of vermilion brick walls and white granite, dates from the late Taisho era and is full of retro charm. Step through the stately doors and you’ll find plenty to admire, including the central staircase hall with an open atrium spanning the second and third floors that feels like a European palace, the third-floor meeting room restored to its original appearance with period interior design and furnishings, and various stained-glass windows near the central staircase hall.

The central staircase hall, filled with Taisho-era romance, and the stately, atmospheric exterior have also been used as filming locations for numerous TV dramas and television programs.