Fujiwara Yoshie Memorial Museum (former Ringer residence)

This hillside building overlooking the Kanmon Strait is where tenor Fujiwara Yoshie, described by the New York Times in 1923 as the Japanese Rudolf Valentino, was likely born. His father was a Scottish manager for British trading company Holme, Ringer and Co. Fujiwara went on to found the Fujiwara Opera Company in 1945, still active today. The museum recreates his ink-stained desk, shows letters and newspaper clippings from his international career, and plays early recordings on a working Victrola gramophone. His mother's biwa lute and his own piano are also on display inside this 1915 reinforced concrete former company residence.