9.29.15 / Tokyo / Hotel Okura

The End of an Era

We’ve not been this sad since 2007, when the Great Eastern Hotel closed in London #RIP.  Fast forward to the guys at Monocle who are ever so good at snazzy design films and check out their homage to the Hotel Okura in Tokyo which recently closed….well the West Wing at least!

We’ve not been this sad since 2007, when the Great Eastern Hotel closed in London #RIP.  Fast forward to the guys at Monocle who are ever so good at snazzy design films and check out their homage to the Hotel Okura in Tokyo which recently closed….well the West Wing at least!

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