Imperial Hotel, Tokyo of its own logo, with the guest room wings forming the letter "H", while the public rooms were in a smaller but taller central wing shaped like the letter "I" that cut through the middle of the "H". In 1911, Frank Lloyd Wright was recommended to Aisaku Hayashi of the Imperial Hotel by Frederick W. Gookin, a fellow collector of Japanese art. By 1912, Wright was corresponding directly with Hayashi, but the death of Emperor Meiji put a hold on discussions. When discussions resumed, Wright traveled to Japan, leaving the United States on 11 January 1913. During his stay, Wright
Hotel Chinzanso Tokyo Hotel Chinzanso Tokyo Hotel Chinzanso Tokyo is a five star hotel in Bunkyō, Tokyo. The property is divided into four areas – the hotel building, the Tower building, the Plaza building, and Chinzan-so garden. The hotel has 260 rooms and suites, 12 restaurants and bars, 36 meeting and banquet rooms and Tokyo's largest hotel spa facility, Yu, The Spa. For over six centuries, the land surrounding Hotel Chinzanso Tokyo has been home to wild camellias. It was featured in a wood block print by the ukiyoe artist Ando Hiroshige (1797-1858). The current name of the garden “Chinzanso” was given by