This Memorial Hall is the only museum in Japan that exhibits the life of Sun Yat-Sen (1866-1925), the great Chinese revolutionary leader, politician and thinker. The building was opened to public in November 1984 in order to understand the present China and also to promote academic and cultural exchange between Japan and China.

        This building was originally built by Wu Chin Tng (1855-1926), a wealthy Chinese merchant who was active in Kobe, as his villa hokai Sanso In Spring 1915 he added thejokaku a very Chinese style octagonal three storied building in the east side of his villa. Since it looked like a six-sided structure from the outside, it has been called okkaku-do in Maiko by the local people.

        The relation between Sun Yat-Sen and Shokai-Sanso began on March 14th, 1913 when the influential persons of business circles and overseas Chinese in Kobe held his welcome luncheon party here.

        Later, in September 1982, this building was donated to Hyogo Prefecture by the Kobe Chinese Association who owned it then. After being repaired, it was opened to the public as the un Yat-Sen Memorial Hall?on November 11th, 1984 on his birthday. In December 1993 the building was designated as yogo Prefecture Cultural Properties?

        In March 1994, due to the construction of Akashi  Kaikyo Bridge, it was taken to apart and moved the present location, 200 meters south-west from where it used to be. The restoration was completed in April 2000.

        This memorial hall primarily explains the relationship between Sun Yat-Sen and Kobe, and also exhibits the life of Wu Chin T¡¡ng and the transition of Ijokaku.