Tokyo Station is Getting a Facelift!
Efforts began in 2004 to renovate and preserve the Tokyo Station for the first time since the end of WWII. The renovations will be completed by 2013 and will include the reconstruction of the domes atop the station, restoration of the red brick facade and repairs to the third floor of the facility.
Architect Kingo Tatsuno designed the original building which was built in 1914. The building has three above ground floors and a basement level and is one of the busiest stations in the Tokyo metropolitan area. Tokyo Station survived the Great Kanto Earthquake in 1923 but the building …read more
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