"Orgel Kaimeiro" consists of two buildings - a wooden-framed stone warehouse and western-style building - each with different qualities. This wooden-framed, stone-built 2-storey warehouse was constructed in 1923 for the purpose of storing beans. The front of the building faces the canal, with "Denuki Koji" to the rear. The walls are covered in ivy, and the building has a warm, historical feeling. The western-style building is connected via the 1st floor.           The western-style building was constructed as company offices in 1935, and is a 2-storey wooden structure. The exterior continues to convey the form of when it was first built, but the interior has undergone antique-style reconstruction to reproduce an atmosphere worthy of such a historical building.             From the Meiji Era to the early Showa Era, Otaru prospered at the centre of Hokkaido's economy, as a trading port supported by the herring fishing industry. The Ironai district, in which numerous stately stone buildings, including the Bank of Japan, were built, became known as "the Wall St. of Hokkaido." With the loss of the herring-fishing industry, and the effects of World War ‡U, Otaru went into decline, but the subsequent utilisation of the canal and historical buildings resulted in a revival as a tourist city. Japan's first and largest shop specialising in orgels came about as a result of that rise and fall of Otaru and the history of the music box, as well as Kaimeiro's owner, Tsukahara Fusako's belief that the tones of the orgel suited the romantic town of Otaru. The warmth of the music captured the hearts of visitors to the town, and the orgel became firmly rooted in Otaru.