Akasaka Palace (State Guest House) is one of the official Guesthouses. If you want to see the Akasaka Paace, you have to make the reservation in advance. The opening event in 2015 had closed, please check the Webpage for 2016 event. See th…

Silk Center building, designed by Junzo Sakakura / シルクセンター坂倉準三設計 Yamashita-cho@Yokohama Silk Center building, designed by the Japanese modernist architect, Junzo Sakakura, who studied under Le Corbusier. Yamashita-cho, Yokoham…

Deepest place National Diet Library in 1962/ １９６２年はココが東京の最深部だった。 Nagata-cho@Tokyo National Diet Library, B8Floor, deepest place in Tokyo back in 1962 ここは、国会図書館の地下８階の明かり窓スペース。今から約半世紀前、１９…

The bricks of the memory, SAITO MOKICHI, レンガの記憶、斎藤茂吉 Akihabara@Tokyo Clinic building with the bricks of the former clinic founded about 120 years ago, by the father of Mokichi Saito, the famous Japanese poet. Mokichi Saitō (斎藤…

Kabukiza@Ginza New Kabukiza(Kabuki Theater in Ginza) is renovated by Architect "Kengo Kuma" in 2013. He said that the keyword of this design is "KIZUNA" (bond, connection). The basement of Kabukiza will be changed for an evacuation space i…

Vending machine for small figures /フィギュアの自動販売機 Akihabara@Tokyo We found the vending machine for small figures. I saw it for the first time. It seems like very AKIHABARA style. フィギュアの自動販売機は生まれて初めてみました。やっ…