This bank building was designed by NAGANO Uheiji, an expert of the European classical architecture in Japan. It was built in the Renaissance style, with Doric columns on the first floor and Corinthian columns on the second floor. Italian marble was used for the interior. It had a large vaulted ceiling.

When A-bombed, it was severely damaged with its roof caving in, but later repaired and used as a bank again. After the bank moved out, a local bakery bought the building and opened it as Andersen, a complex of a bakery and restaurants, in 1967. The frontal columns were removed at that time.

It is one of the few remaining legacies from pre-war Hiroshima and the bakery itself enjoys a good reputation. A good place to drop by when you come and walk in Hiroshima.