Art Deco building housing the TEIEN Museum, Tokyo

Tokyo Metropolitan TEIEN Museum is located in this lovely art deco palace near Meguro.

Quoting from the museum's own site: "...It was built in 1933 using what was then the newest architectural style as the residence of Prince and Princess Asaka, who had visited and studied in Paris in the 1920s. The interior design, in particular, is consistently decorated in the Art Deco style, from the wall decorations to the furniture to the lighting fixtures. Its modern elegance is breathtaking. The front entrance hall, the salon, the great dining room, the library: the interior decoration of the major rooms was entrusted to René Lalique and Henri Rapin, two of France's leading decorative artists. Yokichi Gondô, an architect associated with the Imperial Household Ministry's Construction Bureau, was responsible for the building's basic design. The result is that the Former Asaka Residence embodies the Japanese love of the modern West.
Often described as a visionary structure or as an Art Deco work of art, the Former Prince Asaka Residence was designated a national Important Cultural Property in 2015 as a superb building that should be passed on to later generations. Sited within the lavish verdure of its garden, which makes one forget one is in the middle of the city, this building dazzles visitors as a monument to Art Deco in Japan...'

A shot taken in the Japanese garden - the museum grounds also feature a European garden

Because it's an art gallery, we were not allowed to shoot images in many of its rooms - essentially only the ones with no paintings in them which was a shame. (17mm f4 Canon lens)

"The anteroom, which faces on to the southern terrace, serves to connect the small drawing room and the salon. This room is designed with vivid color – the white of the porcelain fountain, the multi-colored mosaic floor, the rich black of the lacquer columns, the vermillion of the man-made stone walls and the green of the garden seen through the windows. Here, these colors come together in a harmony that is in direct contrast with the subdued ambiance of the great hall, creating a lively space with uniquely Art Deco characteristics. The white shikkui plaster ceiling with its inset circular dome softens the room and saves it from feeling overdecorated. Although a small space, the anteroom fully expresses Art Deco design in the way materials and color are used.
　The fountain, which came to be called the “Perfume Tower” because it emitted scent along with flowing water, was designed in 1932 by Henri Rapin and manufactured at the Sèvres National Porcelain Manufactory in France. When the residence was used by the Prince Asaka family, perfume could be placed in the upper lighted portion. The heat of the lamps would warm the perfume, filling the room with pleasant scent. In the records of the Sèvres National Porcelain Manufactory, this work is referred to as the “Vase Lumineux Rapin” (“Rapin’s Brilliant Vase”)."