He focused on realism and was influenced by the naturalistic works of French sculptors like Bourdelle, Mailliol and most of all, Auguste Rodin.

The art studio was built of ferroconcrete, with a high ceiling and skylights to let in the natural light, and the walls painted a light-brown color for a warmer effect.

The building includes the oldest extant roof garden in Tokyo, where Asakura's students learned gardening, growing radishes, turnips, and tomatoes, as part of the teaching process intended to sharpen their senses and familiarize them with nature.

[3][4] After Asakura's death, his family opened the building to the public, and since then it has been managed by the Taito ward government.

In April 2009,the building was closed for renovations, due to signs of aging, in hopes of restoring it to the condition it had during Asakura's life.