Imperial Hotel, Tokyo

at 内幸町1丁目1-1, Chuo-ku , 100-8558 Japan

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The Imperial Hotel is a hotel in Tokyo that was created in the late 1880s at the request of the Japanese aristocracy to cater to the increasing number of Western visitors to Japan. 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 40acre Western-style Hibiya Park, and the Ginza neighborhood.Three main buildings have stood on the hotel site, each of which embodied the finest Western design of its era. Including annexes, there have been at least 10 structures that have been part of the Imperial Hotel, including two designed by Frank Lloyd Wright:The original Imperial Hotel, designed by Yuzuru Watanabe (1890–1922)Hotel Metropole in Tsukiji, purchased as an annex (1906–1910)First Imperial Hotel annex (1906–1919)A temporary annex, designed by Wright when the original hotel annex burnt (1920–1923)New Imperial Hotel main building, designed by Wright (1922–1967)1954 Imperial Hotel annex (1954–1979)1958 Imperial Hotel annex (1958–1979)Imperial Hotel parking structure (1969–present)Third (and current) main building, which replaced the Frank Lloyd Wright main building (1970–present)Imperial Tower, which replaced the 1954 and 1958 annexes (1983–present)First Imperial Hotel: 1890–1922The original Imperial Hotel opened in November 1890 on the Northeast corner of what is now the hotel property. The hotel faced roughly North, with parts of the Imperial Palace moats (no longer extant) across streets on the North and East sides of the building.

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Imperial Hotel, Tokyo is Chuo-ku based place and this enity listed in Hotel category. Located at 内幸町1丁目1-1 Tokyo 100-8558. Contact phone number of Imperial Hotel, Tokyo: 03-3539-8187