This building was built in 1924 as the Lecture Hall of Utsunomiya Agriculture and Forestry College.
Utsunomiya University was founded in 1948 by the postwar school system reform. And the college was incorporated in the university.
This building was restored in 2009 and named Minegaoka Auditorium.
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