Thomas Waters

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Thomas Waters was a British engineer and architect who was commissioned by the Japanese government in 1868 to build the Japanese mint (Senpukan). After the Ginza area of Tokyo was devastated by fire in 1872, he constructed a series of two- and three-story Georgian brick buildings there.[1] The district was henceforth known as bricktown (rengagai).[2]

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  1. ^ Ginza Travel Guide
  2. ^ The American School in Japan: Tokyo 1902

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