West Japan Industrial Club

The West Japan Industrial Club (Nishi Nihon Kogyo Kurabu 西日本工業倶楽部 or former Matsumoto residence) is in Tobata ward, Kitakyushu.

It was designed by Tatsuno Kingo and is his only surviving private house.

[1] The building is a national cultural asset which is open to the public twice a year.

The house was originally built for Matsumoto Kenjiro who was a wealthy industrialist and founded nearby Kyushu Institute of Technology.

It was the site of one scene from the 2003 movie about Richard Sorge called Spy Sorge.