The house, remains of prosperity

The house, remains of prosperity, a photo by photoholic image on Flickr.

It is not an image of Hyde Park or Regent's Park in London. The image was taken in the central area of Tokyo.
This house was built in 1917 for the residence of Furukawa Toranosuke who was third generations of the founder of the Furukawa Business Group that made big profit from the copper mine at the Meiji era (1868～1912).
The house was designed by Josiah Conder who was a British architect, and he was called Father of Modern Architecture of Japan.
The house has the European style of garden, designed also by Josiah Conder, beside the Japanese Garden.

Just after World War II, the house was used as a billet for the British Officers of the Allied Forces because it provided them almost similar atmosphere and family-like comfort of their home country.
Currently, the house and its gardens are properties of Japanese Government therefore these are opened to public.

Image was taken by Olympus Pen E-P2 with Voigtlander Nokton 25mm 1:0.95, 1/500 with f5.6, ISO speed 400, Aperture Priority AE, -0.7 of Exposure Bias