On 1st September is the day of “the Great Kanto Earthquake ” (of 1923) and large numbers of disaster prevention practices are held throughout Japan on the day which is a natural cause of the natural disaster oriented country. ( This practice and planning became more productive in corporate SDG’s as “BCP” learned from past disasters such as 311 or pandemic to practice business operations under such simulation.
Back in the early 1920’s or earlier, it was very rare to be designed with earthquake resistant planning in Japan and Frank Lloyd Wright was one of the very first architects to bring the design planning. The old Imperial Hotel he designed was innovative back then, not only European and authentic design but also constructively – now any buildings in Japan today are common to be earthquake resistant here.
His lost legacy was built in 1915 ( apparently he was replaced from the project towards the end of the project due to the hotel project taking him too long to open ) and was the flagship of the Hibiya-Uchisaiwaicho area and loved by many.
This footage explains well behind-the-scene of the opening Imperial Hotel.
In 1976 Wright’s Imperial Hotel Lobby and reflecting pool were moved to the Meiji-Mura (Meiji Village), a Japanese open-air architectural museum in Nagoya.
At last, there were often his architectural Japan tours used to be arranged especially for architectural lovers in English speaking countries. Since pandemic restrictions are slowly lifting and opening borders to overseas tourists, it is recommended to check details further what is happening if you are Frank Lloyd Wright or architecture fans who want to travel Japan.
Location Reference :
Imperial Hotel | Address 1-1-1 Uchisaiwaicho, Chiyoda-Ku, Tokyo, Japan
Meiji-Mura | Address 1 Uchiyama, Inuyama, Aichi, Japan
