明治11年(1878)に創業した当初の富士屋ホテルのL字型の洋館である。山口仙之助氏が養父粂蔵氏の援助で老舗の藤屋旅館を買収し、「富士屋」と改称し実質的に日本初の洋式ホテルとして開業した。横浜から職人を連れてきて建設したもので、明治16年(1883)12月の宮ノ下大火で この建物は焼失した。This is the original L-shaped Fujiya (wisteria) Hotel, opened in 1878. Sennosuke Yamaguchi purchased an inn of long standing, Fujiya Ryokan, with the help of his foster father. He renamed Fujiya (the same pronunciation, but different kanji characters for "Mt. Fuji"). It was the first Western-style hotel in Japan. The hotel was built by workers from Yokohama. Unfortunately, the building was lost in a large fire in Miyanoshita in December, 1883