Yujiro Memorial Hall, Biographical museum in Otaru, Japan
The Yujiro Memorial Hall was a museum in Otaru, Japan, dedicated to actor and singer Yujiro Ishihara. Its low, wide building had a flat roof, a central facade of blue glass panels, and light beige sides. Inside, a high-ceilinged hall had pale grey floor tiles with large dark-brown rectangles and four pale salmon columns along the right side.
The museum opened on July 22, 1991, honoring Yujiro Ishihara, who lived in Otaru between the ages of three and nine. It closed in August 2017, and the collection was then distributed to different locations.
The hall displayed the vehicles used in the TV drama "Western Police" and the set of the film "The Sun of Kurobe". After the 2017 closure, the Kurobe set was shown from 2018 at the Kurobe Dam observation plaza in Omachi, Nagano, at the request of the city's promotion committee.
The museum is no longer open, having closed in August 2017. Ishihara's Rolls-Royce can now be seen at the Otaru City Museum.
The museum welcomed 300,000 visitors in its first year after opening. Among the displayed items were Ishihara's yacht and custom manhole covers that reflected his popularity.
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