Akasaka Prince Hotel / Grand Prince Hotel Akasaka

Kioi-chô / Tôkyô 1982

(demolished 2013)

TANGE Kenzô

The hotel was scheduled for closure at the end of March 2011, but in the wake of the “2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami” it remained open and served as a temporary housing facility for evacuees from coastal regions of Fukushima prefecture. The demolition finally took place in 2013. TANGE Kenzo´s tower was replaced by the Tokyo Garden Terrace Kiocho. The historic “Kitashirakawa Palace” (1955), former estate of Prince Yi Un, the last crown prince of the Korea Empire, was restored and reopened in 2016 as a function center, now known as “Akasaka Prince Classic House”.