Moshi-Moshi Japan
By Angelika Taschen
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The next day we planed to see the "Egg House" and the "Stripe House" by Masako Endoh, which were quite difficult to find in the residential neighbourhoods of Tokyo with its tiny little confusing streets. But both were worth the effort. The "Egg House", which is featured in our brilliant book Architecture Now III by Philip Jodidio, is in the middle of dozens of Love Hotels, where young Japanese couples go for a few hours to have their privacy. I asked Satomi-San if older couples also go there to escape and he smiled broadly, "Yes, sometimes - to refresh." This is the kind of fun he likes (me too!!!). I was checking some of the little Love Hotels for my book projects Living in Japan and Hotels in Japan. Each one was trying to invent a different kind of style: French romantic, 1980s Disco, Las Vegas, etc. I think I will have to make a mix of photographs of different hotels, as only one would not be enough. After seeing the "Stripe House" by Endoh, which looked great despite how small it was, we went back to the Grand Hyatt to wait for photographer Reto Guntli's arrival.
Later, we all went with the TASCHEN Japan staff for a beautiful Japanese dinner. Unfortunately, we had to leave already by 10 pm to meet Masaki Endoh at his office. Hell's Driver did not want to be late meeting Endoh-San so we sped through Tokyo and made it in time to his tiny little office, where a cup of coffee was already waiting for us on a table. The room was so narrow that I was almost unable to squeeze in onto my chair. We looked at many printouts of the computer drawings and in the end he offered to take care of getting permission to photograph the interiors of both houses.
On our way back to my hotel around midnight, we made a stop at the Park Hyatt Hotel built by Kenzo Tange. Since my favourite movie of 2004, "Lost in Translation" by Sofia Coppola, was filmed there, I have dreamt of having a drink at the bar of the hotel, but I was soooo tired by this point that I could only admire the amazing lobby, exquisite library, beautiful restaurants etc, including the bar with its magnificent view. I hoped I could go there again after my return from Kyoto, but I already knew I wanted to include this hotel in my planned book Hotels in Japan (and also in a book I am thinking about: Hotels by Famous Architects). At home away from home, I finally collapsed into my bed.
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The next day we planed to see the "Egg House" and the "Stripe House" by Masako Endoh, which were quite difficult to find in the residential neighbourhoods of Tokyo with its tiny little confusing streets. But both were worth the effort. The "Egg House", which is featured in our brilliant book Architecture Now III by Philip Jodidio, is in the middle of dozens of Love Hotels, where young Japanese couples go for a few hours to have their privacy. I asked Satomi-San if older couples also go there to escape and he smiled broadly, "Yes, sometimes - to refresh." This is the kind of fun he likes (me too!!!). I was checking some of the little Love Hotels for my book projects Living in Japan and Hotels in Japan. Each one was trying to invent a different kind of style: French romantic, 1980s Disco, Las Vegas, etc. I think I will have to make a mix of photographs of different hotels, as only one would not be enough. After seeing the "Stripe House" by Endoh, which looked great despite how small it was, we went back to the Grand Hyatt to wait for photographer Reto Guntli's arrival.
Later, we all went with the TASCHEN Japan staff for a beautiful Japanese dinner. Unfortunately, we had to leave already by 10 pm to meet Masaki Endoh at his office. Hell's Driver did not want to be late meeting Endoh-San so we sped through Tokyo and made it in time to his tiny little office, where a cup of coffee was already waiting for us on a table. The room was so narrow that I was almost unable to squeeze in onto my chair. We looked at many printouts of the computer drawings and in the end he offered to take care of getting permission to photograph the interiors of both houses.
On our way back to my hotel around midnight, we made a stop at the Park Hyatt Hotel built by Kenzo Tange. Since my favourite movie of 2004, "Lost in Translation" by Sofia Coppola, was filmed there, I have dreamt of having a drink at the bar of the hotel, but I was soooo tired by this point that I could only admire the amazing lobby, exquisite library, beautiful restaurants etc, including the bar with its magnificent view. I hoped I could go there again after my return from Kyoto, but I already knew I wanted to include this hotel in my planned book Hotels in Japan (and also in a book I am thinking about: Hotels by Famous Architects). At home away from home, I finally collapsed into my bed.
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