Imperial Hotel, Tokyo facts for kids
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Quick facts for kids  The Imperial Hotel in Tokyo |
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| Location | 1-1, Uchisaiwai-cho 1-chome, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-8558, Japan |
| Management | Imperial Hotel, Ltd. |
The Imperial Hotel, Tokyo is a hotel in Tokyo. It was built in the late 1880s at the request of the Japanese aristocracy to increase Western visitors to Japan. It was designed by Frank Lloyd Wright. The hotel site is located just south of the Imperial Palace grounds, next to the previous location of the Palace moat.
The modern hotel overlooks the Palace, the 40-acre (16 ha) western-style Hibiya Park, and the Ginza neighborhood. Three buildings have stood on the hotel site, each of which embodied the finest western design of its era. The hotel eventually slipped into decay as time took its toll. In a controversial decision, it was decided to demolish the old hotel and replace it with a high-rise structure, to maximize the use of land.
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The original Imperial Hotel, designed by Yuzuru Watanabe (1890)
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The entrance courtyard of Wright's Imperial Hotel designed in the Maya Revival Style.
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Peacock Chair, designed for the hotel.
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Imperial Hotel Tokyo plans design by Wright
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Imperial Hotel Sign
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The hotel (left) shortly after the 1923 earthquake (on the right burning is the Kangyō Bank)
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Shortly after the earthquake (the Imperial is seen in the top right)
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The current Imperial Hotel
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Full view from Hibiya Park
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Connecting corridor (Lobby)
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Entrance
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Imperial Hotel, Lobby Entrance
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Lobby Entrance
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Stone urn viewed from Lobby Entrance
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Stone urn at the Lobby Entrance
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Entrance Hall
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Interior Lobby Entrance
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Inside Lobby
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Overhead view of Hallway
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Terrace
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Inner Courtyard
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Guest room
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Peacock Room
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Peacock Room
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Peacock Room
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Peacock Room (1935)
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Theater
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Theater During a Performance
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Theater and Audience
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Original chairs by Wright, now in the Meiji Mura Museum
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Detail of Interior Stonework
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Ceiling of the Banquet Hall
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Banquet Hall
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Detail of Exterior Stonework
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Stone Column
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Wall and Stone Urn
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Exterior View of Wing
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Wall with Decorative Stonework
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Side Entrance
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Imperial Hotel Sign
See also
In Spanish: Hotel Imperial (Japón) para niños
