• After our first six days in Tokyo, we moved to the Imperial Hotel to join the Frank Lloyd Wright Preservation Trust tour. The new hotel is nothing like the original designed by Wright in the early 20th century.

• The large banquet hall in the hotel has some design elements taken from Wright's original design.

• This is an original lamp from Wright's Imperial Hotel.

• The woodwork behind the bar is from Wright's Imperial Hotel.

• The new Imperial Hotel, and of course this suite, did not exist during Wright's lifetime. However, recreated here are many elements of Wright's designs from multiple buildings.

• Our room at the Imperial Hotel

• A view from our hotel room

• A view toward Ginza

• This BIC Camera store was a few blocks from our hotel. It has a large camera department in the basement. Other floors have everything from audio/video equipment to appliances like air conditioners, washers and dryers. Its most important feature was a well-stocked liquor and wine store on the 2nd floor.

• 'Together as one, Covered in a dull black wool, The men keep passing.' Haiku by Albert Leonetti

• Jiyu-Gakuen Freedom School, Frank Lloyd Wright, 1921

• 'Su is our leader, Listen to her carefully, There's hidden humor.' Haiku by Jan Scott

• Approaching the Auditorium Building

• This additional building at the school was designed by Arata Endo

• Ueno Park, Tokyo

• National Museum of Western Art, Le Corbusier & Kunio Maekawa, 1959

• The Burgers of Calais, Auguste Rodin

• The Gates of Hell, Auguste Rodin

• The Thinker, Auguste Rodin

• An outside view of the 'Black Gate'

• An inside view of the 'Black Gate'

• Black Gate detail

• Horyuji Treasure Hall, Yoshio Taniguchi, 1999

• Horyuji Treasure Hall

• Mirror, Design of Horai (pine tree, bamboo, cranes, and tortoises), Hakudo bronze, Edo period, dated 1758

• Bonmo-kyo (Sutra of Brahma's Net), Gold ink on dark blue paper, Heian period, 9th century

• Detail of Bonmo-kyo (Sutra of Brahma's Net)

• Eight Nested Bowls, Sahari bronze, Nara period, 8th century

• The Heiseikan at the Tokyo National Museum exhibited Japanese masterpieces from the collection of the Museum of Fine Arts Boston.

• The Museum of Fine Arts Boston owns what is considered to be the largest collection of Japanese art outside of Japan. Most of the collection was donated by William Sturgis Bigelow and Arthur Fenollosa. Arthur Fenollosa, nephew of architect Lyman Silsbee, undoubtedly met Frank Lloyd Wright and influenced his passion for Japanese print collecting when Wright worked as a draftsman for Silsbee.

• The Tokyo Skytree became the tallest structure in Japan in 2010 and reached its full height (634 m/2,080 ft) in March 2011, making it the tallest tower in the world, displacing the Canton Tower, and the second tallest structure in the world after Burj Khalifa (829 m/2,723 ft).

• 'The sun gives us light, Light is the source of beauty, Capture the moment.' Haiku by DMC

• A koban or 'police box' in Ueno Park. Design of these 'boxes' is a popular creative outlet for local architects.

• Harajuku Station, the gateway to Yoyogi Park, the Meiji Shrine, and Omotesando Street

• Yoyogi National Gymnasium, Kenzo Tange, built for the Olympics in 1964

• A view down Omotesando Street

• Part of our tour group viewed from a pedestrian overpass

• Omotesando Hills, Tadao Ando, 2006

• Dior Omotesando, SANAA (Kazuyo Sejima & Ryue Nishizawa), 2003

• V28, Zara CDI Aoyama, 2004

• Tokyu Plaza, Hiroshi Nakamura & NAP Architects, 2012

• Tokyu Plaza

• Tokyu Plaza

• Omotesando Hills, Tadao Ando, 2006

• Japanese Nursing Association & Burberry's, Kisho Kurokawa, 2004

• Paul Stuart, Takehiro Takeuchi, 1981

• Paul Stuart, Takehiro Takeuchi, 1981

• Louis Vuitton Omotesando, Jun Aoki, 2002

• Louis Vuitton Omotesando, Jun Aoki, 2002

• Tokyo Union Church, Edward Suzuki, 1982

• Tokyo Union Church, Edward Suzuki, 1982

• Omotesando Hills, Tadao Ando, 2006

• Tod's Omotesando, Toyo Ito, 2004

• Tod's Omotesando, Toyo Ito, 2004

• ONE Omotesando, Kengo Kuma, 2003

• A Shinto shrine on Omotesando Street

• Neil Barrett flagship store, Zaha Hadid, 2008

• Prada Aoyama, Herzog & de Meuron, 2003

• Jewels of Aoyama, Jun Mitsui, 2005

• Nezu Museum, Kengo Kuma, 2009

• Nezu Museum, Kengo Kuma, 2009

• 21_21 Design Sight, Tadao Ando

• 21_21 Design Sight, Tadao Ando

• 21_21

• 21_21

• 21_21

• Tokyo Midtown East, West, and Tower, Skidmore, Owings, & Merrill

• Su, Bob, & Jan peering in the window of Kurofune Antiques

• National Art Center Tokyo, Kisho Kurakawa, 2006

• National Art Center Tokyo

• Tokyo skyline from the Mori Art Museum in the Mori Tower

• Tokyo skyline

• Tokyo skyline

• Tokyo Tower

• Tokyo skyline with Tokyo Tower

• Following in the footsteps of Frank Lloyd Wright, we visited the gallery of Norman Tolman, a dealer in Japanese prints.

• In the Twilight, Toko Shinoda, 1996

• Innovation, Toko Shinoda, 2006