My favorite Chinese restaurant in Japan was called Star Hill. It was in the Capitol Tokyu Hotel, and my grandma used to take us there religiously so we could get our fix of sharks fin soup and Peking duck. Now, my grandma's passed away, and the hotel closed its doors on Thursday to make way a yet-to-be-announced building project.
The hotel was originally opened by the Hilton clan in the early 1960s. Rockstar singers like MJ, Pavarotti, and Eric Clapton have stayed there, and our last two lovely prime ministers--Koizumi and Abe--used to get their haircuts at its salon.
Bye, bye, piece of my childhood. Oh well. It's not as bad as the time they bulldozed the neighborhood I grew up in to build Roppongi Hills.
Full story here.
in my days, it was called the tokyo hilton, and i have good memories of going to the keyaki room and the origami coffee shop.....i think the herman's hermits stayed there too....and we would go there and hang out just to get a glimpse of them.....
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