Abstract
The objective of this study is to show the historical characters of the Foreign Hotel (Gaikokujin-Ryokan) at Edo that the first architecture in a compromise between Japanese and European styles. A. summary will be given as follows; 1) The Hotel was built in 1868. 2) The master of construction was the Tycoon's government, but British and another Western nations interfered to build the Hotel. 3) The architecture of the Hotel was R.P. Bridgens and constructer was Kisuke Shimizu. 4) The Hotel had a European style, but it had some elements of Japanese architecture. 5) The idea to use the elements of Japanese architecture for the Hotel must be thought by Kisuke Shimizu.
