The Japanese government upgraded the facility to a consulate-general on November 17 of that year.

On February 14, 1886, Taro Ando, a gannenmono who had become Japan's first consul general in the Kingdom of Hawaii, purchased land from Judge M.A.

The consulate bought a property neighboring the Beretania and Fort building from Mrs. Judd.

[3] Around 1920 the two-story wood main building, located in a well-to-do neighborhood, had a gold imperial chrysanthemum crest in the front.

The normal operation of the consulate was re-established after the signing of the San Francisco Peace Treaty became effective on April 28, 1952.