noun
Western-style residences built for early foreign settlers in the late Edo and Meiji periods
Refers to historical Western-style houses, especially in port cities like Kobe and Yokohama, often now tourist attractions.
神戸の異人館は観光名所として人気がある。
The Ijinkan in Kobe are popular as tourist attractions.
異人館には当時の外国人の生活が再現さ
The Ijinkan recreate the lives of foreign residents of that era.
Compound of 異人 (ijin, 'foreigner') and 館 (kan, 'building, hall'). The term emerged in the late Edo and Meiji periods to describe Western-style houses built for foreign residents in treaty ports.