The Imperial Hotel Tokyo is getting a major facelift in preparation ... Reconstruction of the hotel's tower building will start in fiscal 2024 and be completed in fiscal 2030.

Frank Lloyd Wright redesigned the Imperial in 1920 ... in 1970—hardly a golden age as far as hotel design is concerned—with a 31-story tower added in 1983.

Wright had long been intrigued by Japanese culture (he was an avid collector of Japanese prints), so when the opportunity came to build a project in Tokyo, the Imperial Hotel he lobbied for the ...

This innovation allowed the hotel to survive the devastating earthquake of 1923. I have received another cable from Tokyo reading— “IMPERIAL stands square and straight” signed HAYASHI—who ...

The operator of the Imperial Hotel Tokyo deliberately chose a young architect ... Refurbishing the structure, along with the neighboring tower, is projected to cost between 200 billion yen ...