It was designed and built in 1974 by Kunio Maekawa, a pupil of Le Corbusier best known for his public buildings in Tokyo, including the Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum.

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The days when Tokyo felt it had to have the biggest and best of everything are past.

CNN: Tokyo

Train stations deep indoors and underground rarely make for the best places to hit up a smartphone for data, yet they're where a lot of Tokyo residents have to spend their time.

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