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Tokyo's iconic Hotel Okura is about to be knocked down, and that will be a tragedy

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Posted on 30 August 2015. Tags: About, down, Hotel, iconic, knocked, Okura, Tokyo’s, tragedy

Tokyo’s iconic Hotel Okura is about to be knocked down, and that will be a tragedy Plenty of old buildings get torn down in Tokyo (and other cities) to make way for newer structures. Some are missed, others not at all. One iconic building slated for demolition in Tokyo will most certainly be mourned by longtime residents of and …

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