120+ yr old restaurant in Otaru to be restored

A Tokyo-based real estate company has purchased a historic restaurant in Otaru, Hokkaido, with plans to restore the 120+ year old building and develop a hotel on an adjoining lot.

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39-yr old apartment building near Hamamatsucho to be redeveloped

The home owners association of an old apartment block in Tokyo’s bay front area have voted in favor of redevelopment, with the former 14-storey building to be replaced by a 32-storey apartment tower. The former Itohpia Hamarikyu apartment building was built in 1979 and is a 5 minute walk east of Hamamatsucho Station in Tokyo’s Minato Ward. The 14-story building contains 328 apartments and sits on a 2,820 sqm block of land fronting onto an expressway.

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15th century home in Kyoto demolished

A traditional townhouse dating back to the 1400s in Kyoto was demolished at the end of August. The Kawai Residence, located alongside the Tenjin River in Nakagyo Ward, was the oldest surviving townhouse in the city.

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180m tall apartment tower for Toyosu in 2022

A 180m tall, 48-storey high-rise condominium is planned for the man-made island of Toyosu in Tokyo Bay with completion tentatively scheduled for March 2022.

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Shinagawa's historic Hara Museum to close in 2020

The Hara Museum of Contemporary Art in Shinagawa, Tokyo is scheduled to close its doors at the end of 2020. The 80-year old Bauhaus-style building poses too many maintenance and repair issues to continue to remain open to the public.

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190m tall apartment tower planned for Hamamatsucho, Tokyo in 2026

A 47-storey, 190m tall mixed-use apartment tower is planned for a site near the former World Trade Center in Hamamatsucho, Minato-ku, Tokyo. On November 9, the Tokyo Metropolitan Government approved the establishment of the Hamamatsucho 2 Chome District Redevelopment Committee.

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