Word: yoshimura
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...most spectacular Japanese style buildings in the U.S. is New York's Motel on the Mountain, conceived by the gifted Japanese architect Junzo Yoshimura and largely executed by the energetic young architects Steinhardt & Thompson. Delicately poised on top of a mountain (which Yoshimura found similar to the settings of Japanese country inns), the motel is a complex of 14 buildings joined by covered walks. It has overhanging, many-levelled roofs, exposed beams, balconies and graceful stilts. Nearby are swimming pool, pond and a lake landscaped in Japanese style. Inside, the private rooms are furnished with an eye to simplicity...
...studying economic and educational questions in all parts of the world. The party is headed by Mr. Tsuchiya, editor of the Asahi, one of the leading newspapers of Tokyo, and includes among its members Mr. S. Ando of the Japanese Diet, and Messrs. S. Mizobruchi, N. Nonoyama, G. Yoshimura, S. Truneds, all members of the Tokyo municipal assembly...