Kaori no Ie Orandakan

After Japan opened its ports to foreign trade in the late 1800s, the port city of Kobe welcomed foreign merchants in droves. They made themselves at home in the Kitano Ijinkan district, where stately Western-style houses still line the streets. One of these is the Dutch Museum and Fragrance House, a building from the Taisho era (1912–1926) that served as the residence of the Dutch consul general before accommodating a Russian émigré. Converted into a museum in 1987, it now displays antique Dutch furniture and art by the wife of a former Dutch ambassador to Japan. Visitors can make their own original perfumes and snap photos while wearing traditional Dutch garb.