更新日：2023年5月23日

Remains of the Imperial Japanese Navy Sasebo Naval Station Commanding Officer’s Residence

Vice Admiral Noriyoshi Akamatsu, the Naval Station Construction Committee chairman, was continuously designated as the first Commanding Officer of Sasebo Naval Station. Until the end of the Pacific War, 42 flag officers were appointed to the position. The Commanding Officer’s residence, which was completed in August 1889, was a western-style two-story wooden building. Initially, the 572.59-square-meter building was also served as Military Administrative Office, an organization in charge of personnel, budget and so on.

Adjacent to the Commanding Officer’s residence, the Executive Officer’s one was also built in semi-Western style. (existed until 1993)

In 1910, the Commanding Officer’s residence was reconstructed into a luxurious building with very different ocean and town views. It burned down in June 1945 during the Sasebo Air Raid. Currently, only artificial hills, stone lanterns in the garden, and a mud wall with a roof remain.