Jinpukaku: At former site of Tottori Castle.

“After the end of the feudal age in 1907, the former lord constructed a European-style building at the base of the castle ruins. Named Jinpukaku, the white wooden building features open verandas, brick fireplaces and a beautiful wooden spiral staircase that has become a key feature of its architecture. The building was the first in Tottori to have electric lights and served as a symbol of modernization. Over the years it was also used as a guest house for the visiting crown prince, as a public hall, reception hall and a prefectural museum. Today it houses a small museum about the Ikeda Clan and serves as a public event space, while the Tottori Prefectural Museum moved to a larger complex nearby.”