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The Shinko Wharf was constructed by the Ministry of Finance in 1899 by the Ministry of Finance in 1899, and at that time it was the first full-scale harbor facility equipped with a shed, warehouse, a lifting machine, and railways. The current Akarengasoko was constructed as "First Warehouse" and "Second Warehouse" during the second phase of construction, which began under the supervision of the Temporary Construction Department of the Ministry of Finance. Yorinaka Tsumaki, director of the Temporary Architecture Department of the Ministry of Finance was Yorinaka Tsumaki, and it is said that the German-style design of the Akarengasoko. Other works by Yorinaka Tsumaki include the former Yokohama Shokin Bank Head Office (now the Prefectural Museum of History) in Basyamichi, Yokohama, and Moji Customs in Kitakyushu City.

Photograph above: Yorinaka Tsumaki (Nakanaka)