Long a thriving pleasure district behind the national parliament, Akasaka came to symbolize the city’s postwar rebirth. Our little house, now surrounded by the bustle of different tongues and blazing lights, was built three years after the war when the area was still a field of ruins.
We spent half a year renovating this home to three generations so that visitors may glimpse Tokyo as it was seen by those who lived through the city’s postwar journey, from the darkness of ruins to the glimmer of today’s neon lights.