Former Nakanoke family residence, Traditional house in Handa City, Japan.

The Former Nakanoke family residence is a Western-style building in Handa, Aichi Prefecture, built in 1911 as a villa for the tenth Nakanoke Hanroku. Architect Suzuki Teiji, brother-in-law of Natsume Soseki, designed it in half-timbered style modeled on a German mountain villa.

The house was built in 1911 during Japan's opening to Western influences and reflects that period of change. It received government recognition as an Important Cultural Property in 1976.

The residence shows how Japanese residents incorporated Western building techniques into their own architectural traditions. You can see this blending in the details, from materials to room layouts.

The house is about a 3-minute walk from Chita-Handa Station on the Meitetsu Kowa Line and about 8 minutes on foot from Handa Station on the JR Taketoyo Line; by car it is roughly 8 minutes from the Handa or Handa-Chuo interchange on the Chita Peninsula Road. It is open from 10:00 to 17:00 and closed every Wednesday.

The house was designed by Suzuki Teiji, an architect and the younger brother-in-law of Natsume Soseki, and is said to imitate a German mountain villa. After the war it served as the main building of Kirika Gakuen, a dressmaking school founded by the Nakanoke family.