Franchouchou Mansion

Former main building of the branch of Mitsubishi Joint Stock Company (Karatsu City History and Folklore Museum)

History
The Karatsu Port was developed as a shipping port for the Karatsu Coal Field with the opening of the Karatsu Line in 1902. This building was constructed in 1891 on reclaimed land on the coast as a Karatsu branch of a Mitsubishi joint-stock company that exported coal.

It is a western style two story building with 23.3m front and 18.3m side walls. There is a terrace on the first and second floors facing the sea. The building was designed by the Mitsubishi Marunouchi Building Office. At the time, Mitsubishi's architectural advisor was Soda Nadakura, who was from Karatsu City, and was said to have participated in the design of this building.

On the first floor there is a parking lot, entrance hall, hallway, stairs, calculation room, utility section, coal transportation section, reception room and dining room on the second floor, type room, meeting room, room general manager, general affairs section room, branch manager The floor plan is for the room. At the time of construction, people in the neighborhood called this building "Mitsubishi Goten".

The base of the building is a red brick pile base (Akarenga), and on top of this is a granite knock stone (Kakogan) (Saoi), and the base of the veranda pillar is also a granite finish. The large roof is built on a leash, with a large boom * 1 in the front and stepped gables on both sides, and there is a tower roof with a weather vane after the boom.

Looking inside, the floor is the entrance hall on the first floor, the corridor is terrazzo * 2 finished, all the others are etched, and the ceiling is the first ceiling and the second floor is a raised ceiling. .. The stair railings are finished with a potter's wheel, and the detailed design is expressed in rich decor. The windows in each room are raised and low windows, and the exterior wall is covered with a clapboard, and part of it is painted with white plaster. The interior wall is plastered with a sliding wooden base.

The history of the Karatsu port is the history of coal transportation, which was a central industry that supported the local economy after the end of the Edo period, and as a base for exporting and exporting coal, this building occupies an inseparable position from the port. In 1978, the city of Karatsu designated the main building as an important cultural property of the city, restored it during the following year, and returned it to its original state. It was designated as a major cultural property of Saga prefecture in 1980, and is now the Karatsu City Folklore Museum.

In ZLS
In zombieland saga it is the place where Franchouchou lives and practices, at the moment it is unknown how Kotaro obtained the mansion