British Embassy's old villa in eastern Japan being restored

British Embassy's old villa in eastern Japan being restored

The Tochigi prefectural government shows the press work to rebuild the British Embassy's old villa near Lake Chuzenji in Nikko in the eastern Japanese prefecture on Aug. 28, 2015. The villa, built in 1896, is to be opened to the public in the summer of 2016. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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