Tokyo Station combines a vast transport hub with the restored red-brick Marunouchi building, designed by architect Kingo Tatsuno. The station’s history of wartime damage and careful reconstruction makes its grand façade a record of both modern engineering and preservation.
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Tokyo Station is both a working railway hub and a piece of architectural history. The Marunouchi building was designed by Kingo Tatsuno and opened in 1914, with a long red-brick façade that established a monumental entrance to the capital.
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- Tokyo Station’s Marunouchi building opened in 1914.
- Architect Kingo Tatsuno designed the station building.
- The restored Marunouchi building reopened in 2012 after a preservation project.
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