Nakagin Capsule Tower (6 photos)
2 min readAug 8, 2017
Nakagin Capsule tower is an awesome piece of architectural history just near Shimbashi station in Tokyo. It was built in 1972 with the idea of creating a modular building where you could add and remove rooms as needed. It was to be the future of living spaces. It just never really worked out that way.
Read more about it here https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nakagin_Capsule_Tower
I have been meaning to visit the building since I arrived a few years ago and finally got around to it the other week. Here are a few shots I snapped of it.
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Alex Knight
