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    THE OKURA TOKYO

    Dec 07, 2021 2 minutes

    hen the original Hotel Okura Tokyo debuted in 1962 in advance of the first Tokyo Olympics, it was a vision of Japanese modernism and a symbol of the country’s return to the world stage. And although the aging building was demolished six years ago to make way for

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