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All photographs were taken by the authors except the cover photograph and the photographs facing pages 128 and 129, which were taken by Narumi Yasuda.
Published by the Charles E. Tuttle Company, Inc.
of Rutland, Vermont & Tokyo, Japan
with editorial offices at
Osaki Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo 141-0032
© 1996 by Charles E. Tuttle Publishing Co., Inc.
All rights reserved
LCC Card No. 96-60059
ISBN: 978-1-4629-0640-6 (ebook)
First edition, 1996
Printed in Japan
Contents
| PREFACE | 13 |
| INTRODUCTION: Tokyo and Its Heritage | 17 |
TOUR 1: Marunouchi, Imperial Palace, and Hibiya Park
Tokyo Central Station 27
Marunouchi Building 27
Hibiya-dori 28
Babasaki-bori 28
Meiji Life Insurance Building 28
Kokusai Building 30
Idemitsu Art Museum 30
Dai-Ichi Insurance Building 31
Imperial Outer Garden 32
Nijubashi 35
Sakurada-mon 36
Metropolitan Police Department 37
Ministry of Justice 37
Hibiya Park 37
Hibiya Public Hall 40
Hibiya City 40
Imperial Hotel 42
Nissei-Hibiya Building 44
Takarazuka Theater 44
International Arcade 45
Tourist Information Center 45
American Pharmacy 45
TOUR 2: Otemachi, Imperial Palace East Garden, and Yasukuni Shrine
Teishin Building 49
Communications Museum 49
NTT Telecommunications Science Hall 49
The Hill of Masakado's Head 50
Statue of Kiyomaro 52
Imperial Palace East Garden 54
Ote-mon 54
San-no-maru Shozokan 55
Hyakunin-bansho 56
Fujimi Yagura 57
Toka Music Hall 59
Kita-no-maru 60
National Museum of Modern Art 60
Crafts Gallery 60
Science and Technology Museum 61
Budokan 61
Kudanzaka 62
Yasukuni Jinja 62
Chidorigafuchi 64
British Embassy 65
Hanzomon 65
TOUR 3: Kasumigaseki and Akasaka
Wacoal Kojimachi Building 70
National Theater 70
Supreme Court 71
Parliamentary Museum 71
National Diet Library 72
National Diet Building 72
Kasumigaseki Building 73
Okura Museum 74
United States Embassy 75
Sanno Hie Shrine 75
Akasaka 78
Suntory Museum of Art 79
Akasaka Prince Hotel 79
Hotel New Otani 80
Myogon-ji 80
Akasaka Detached Palace 82
Sogetsu Art Center 84
Meiji Shrine Outer Gardens 84
Meiji Memorial Picture Gallery 86
TOUR 4: Tsukiji and Hama Detached Palace Garden
Kabuki-za 90
Tsukiji Honganji
