Our Lives / Profiles Dec 8, 2012
In era of skyscrapers, group lobbies to keep Tokyo's traditional buildings
by Michael Kleindl
Sitting at a wooden table in the glass-enclosed sun room of the miraculously preserved 95-year-old Yasuda House, Sumiko Enbutsu, a very youthful 78, radiates enthusiasm. The house, a superb example of Taisho Era architecture and construction techniques, is now owned by the Japan National Trust. ...
