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Capitol Hotel, Nagatacho
A room built to be noticed and forgotten at the same time. You will remember how you felt here, never the details of what you saw.
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Palace Hotel Tokyo, Marunouchi
The cafe is full of people alone together. Everyone is looking at their phone or their drink. Nobody is looking at each other. This is how we have learned to be social.
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The Okura TOKYO, Toranomon
The coffee might be too hot or too cold or just right. There is no way to know until you drink it. This is true of most important decisions.
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Palace Hotel Tokyo, Marunouchi
Nothing lasts. Make it gorgeous anyway.
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Palace Hotel Tokyo, Marunouchi
Across centuries and cultures, humans have always found a way to sit together around something hot and talk, or not talk, as needed.
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Palace Hotel Tokyo, Marunouchi
We spend eleven months ignoring the fact that everything dies, then one month making it look chic.
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Hotel New Otani, Kioicho
The latte art dissolves before you finish the cup. So does everything worth looking at.
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Shimototsukazaka, Toyama 1st District
You never know if the person walking ahead of you is going somewhere, or simply walking away from somewhere else.
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Capitol Hotel, Nagatacho
One glass full of something warm turned cold. One glass full of nothing but clarity. The table does not judge which one you reach for first.
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The Okura TOKYO, Toranomon
Before you stir it, it is a painting. After you stir it, it is a drink. Both are correct. Neither lasts.