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How would you like to own a piece of Hotel Okura?

By on November 2, 2015
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Dining table used at the Royal Suite, 6 chairs and the sofa behind are part of the furnitures that will be put on auction

Furnitures and fixtures that have been used in the rooms and restaurants of the once iconic Hotel Okura will be put on auction from November 4. The full proceeds will go to benefit “El Sistema Japan,” a music school for children in Soma City, Fukushima prefecture affected by the Great East Japan Earthquake as well as Otsuchi, Iwate prefecture.

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This was used at the Heian room.

85 items to be put on auction range from dining tables and chairs to sofa and throw pillows. The bid price ranges from 1,800 yen to 1 million yen.  This treasure trove of high quality furnitures and pieces represent Japan’s modern architecture and Hotel Okura’s understated elegance of the 60s.

Hotel Okura opened in May 1962 and closed down in September 2015.  The demolition is in full swing and at the same site will rise the ‘Okura Lantern’ that will be open for business starting in 2019.

For more information,  http://www.hotelokura.co.jp/tokyo/events/charity/     or call  ０３・３２２４・９０５２

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