In Yokohama , the Court for Japan sat in the British Consulate building in Yokohama . The building was destroyed in the 1923 Great Kantō earthquake . In other cities , when the Judge of the court went on circuit to outlying cities he would generally sit in courts in British consulate buildings but on occasions where important cases of great public interest were being heard would use other premises
1923 Great Kantō earthquake
1923 Great Kantō earthquake
British Court for Japan