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WELLNESS: At the new Hotel Okura

Developers of Tokyo’s new Hotel Okura are hoping their recently released plans will offer some consolation to the thousands of design fans who campaigned against the demolition of the hotel’s original building – a much-loved Tokyo landmark since 1962.

Despite fierce protests, the low-lying modernist hotel along with its iconic 1960s interiors were torn down in 2015 to make way for a new, earthquake-resistant high-rise design. Re-branded as The Okura Tokyo, the hotel is set to reopen in September 2019, and by enlisting the help of the original architect’s son, Yoshio Taniguchi, promises to retain the mid-century aesthetic that the hotel was known and loved for.

The new design will incorporate fixtures and furniture saved from the original building and many of the main guest areas, including the lobby and dining room promise to sensitively echo the hotel’s former interiors.