The Yokohama Customs Inspection office and the main pier

明治22年(1889)からの第1次築港工事で築造された大桟橋｡開港当初の波止場の位置に桟橋を延長するかたちで建設された｡たもとに建つのは､同27年(1894)竣工の横浜税関監視課庁舎｡設計は明治建築界の巨頭､妻木頼黄(つまきよりなか)｡The great pier was part of the first harbour construction project started in 1889. The pier was added as an extension to the already existing wharf. The building on the left is the Yokohama Customs Supervision Department built in 1894 and designed by Tsumaki Yorinaka, an illustrious architect of the Meiji Period