Voice calling for preservation from domestic and overseas gather at "Hotel Okura" which can be rebuilt once curtained in history of more than 50 years

On August 31, 2015, in Toranomon, Tokyo, we have welcomed many customers over 50 years.Hotel Okura Tokyo"Began its long history. Rebuilding of the main building will be carried out in order to improve the service to the aging of facilities and to the Tokyo Olympic Games and the Paralympic Games scheduled to be held in 2020 and will be reopened in 2019 However, there are voices calling for preservation from inside and outside the country about the demolition of buildings where Japanese traditional beauty and modernity coexist.

To the new main building in 2019 | Hotel Okura Tokyo
http://www.hotelokura.co.jp/tokyo/toward2019/

Final check out - Issue 75 - Magazine | Monocle
http://www.monocle.com/magazine/issues/75/final-check-out/

Hotel Okura is one of the leading hotels in Japan which opened in the Asian region for the first time in the Asian region, which opened two years ago, was to reproduce Japanese traditional beauty as a modern international hotel It was designed with mind in mind. At the Tokyo Olympic Games in 1964, we came to Japan and overseas visitors, and during the General Meeting of the IMF (International Monetary Fund) held in Japan the same year, the hotel hall "Peace Between" was selected as the venue It is.


An important meeting was held thereafter, celebrities such as former Soviet leader Gorbachev secretary general and president of Reagan former US presidents, writers such as Yasunari Kawabata, celebrities such as Princess Diana and John Lennon of former Beatles chose to stay It is also known to have been. It is such Hotel Okura Tokyo, but once the business of the main building is ended on August 31, 2015, rebuild construction of the main building part will be carried out over the cost of 2.5 billion yen. After rebuilding, it will be rebuilt into a 41-story building and a 16-story building with glass, the number of rooms will be increased, and the cabin area will be expanded to about twice as much as in the past.


In addition to accepting many celebrities, as for the rebuilding of Hotel Okura Tokyo Main Building, which has been loved by many people as a traditional and formal hotel, there are calls for conservation of buildings from home and abroad. The DOCOMOMO Japan branch of the international academic organization DOCOMOMO (docomo) that appeals for the preservation of existing buildings and environments involved in it, records the achievements of the building of the 20th century and requests the preservation and reproduction of buildings We are addressing to President Ikeda at Hotel Okura Tokyo.

Hotel Okura Tokyo Main Bldg. Request for Retention and Recovery July 9, 2015 | docomomo

(PDF)Hotel Okura Tokyo Main Bldg. Request for Storage and Recycling


British lifestyle magazine "Monocle" has opened a special site "Save the Okura hotel" to appeal for preservation of Hotel Okura Tokyo Main Building on the magazine's website.

Monocle - Save the Okura hotel


Monocle has released a movie that conveys the charm of the Hotel Okura Tokyo Main Building and introduces its charm in an easy-to-understand manner.

End of an era - YouTube


Since opening in 1962 (Showa 37), Hotel Okura Tokyo has welcomed many people as one of the leading hotels in Japan.


Designed with the aim of reproducing Japanese traditional beauty in modern international hotel, you can see various impressive decorations in the hall. The hanging lighting that made motif of "Kusutsu" which is a decorative ball of the Kofun period was one of the designs symbolizing the hotel, and it was said that it was named "Okura Lantern".


A taste of Japanese tastefully scattered around the hall


Numerous folding screens placed in "between peace" and gorgeous flowers



The world clock in the lobby is tastefully made to feel Japanese old maps.


The lobby where there is atmosphere that drifts apart from the modern hotel


Silhouette of a bamboo grass in a pure white shoji screen


Up hanging lighting up. Soft light leaking through the gap of the pentagonal combination was creating the atmosphere of Hotel Okura.


It seems that it became quiet and calm space.


The taste of Japanese has also been retolded on the outer wall of the building.


Design of a wall with motifs combining rhombuses.


A woman in kimonon which welcomes users is unique in Japan.


The guide panel inside the museum is never too noticeable, on the other hand, we will deliver information to the user firmly.


The bar that tells the hotel Okura Tokyo was the former "Orchid Bar" of the main bar which was on the 5th floor of the main building.


Numerous furnishings with quiet atmosphere


Beyond the bar counter, a bartender making a cocktail quietly


The cocktail representing the former Orchid Bar was a gin based "Martini". The bartender seems to have adjusted the cocktail balance according to the taste and atmosphere of the guests.


The restaurant "Orchid Room" finished sales with closing of the former main building.


The hanging light of the faceted ball motif was also used here.


It seems that the dessert "Crapezezette" flavored in front of the customer was exquisite.


At night, the light leaking from the walls of the lattice pattern on the exterior wall of the building gave out a unique atmosphere.


After completing a long work over 53 years, Hotel Okura Tokyo Main Building is supposed to be born again by changing appearance.