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World Service,3 mins

Sayonara to an iconic Japanese hotel

Newshour

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Tokyo's Okura modernist hotel will be replaced with a thirty-eight storey glass tower, despite an outcry from conservationists. Andrew Lindsay told us why he created the 'Save the Okura' Facebook page and what made the hotel so special. (Photo credit Okura Hotel courtesy of Andrew Lindsay).

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