Sotoji NAKAMURA, a craftsman specialized in sukiya-zukuri architecture, was in charge of its design and construction: Sotoji NAKAMURA was also known as a master craftsman engaged in building many Japanese style hotels, restaurants and tea-ceremony rooms, including Jingu chashitsu (tea-ceremony room) of Ise-jingu Shrine, the tea-ceremony room in the Japanese garden at the Japan World Exposition and the tea-ceremony room in the Rockefeller residence, in addition to 'Tawaraya' (a famous Japanese style hotel) (designed by Junzo YOSHIMURA) in Kyoto.
その設計と施工は、数寄屋造りの匠中村外二（なかむらそとじ）が担当したが、中村外二は京都の「俵屋」（設計：吉村順三）ほか、神宮茶室、日本万国博覧会日本庭園の茶室、ロックフェラー邸の茶室など、数々の旅館、料理屋、茶室を手がけた名工として知られている。