The red-brick facade of Tokyo Station is a prominent reminder of Japan’s rush to modernisation in the early 20th century: completed in 1914, the domed structure suffered significant damage during the war and wasn’t restored to its original form until a six-year renovation project was completed in 2012. It boggles the mind that this Kingo Tatsuno-designed beauty, which has earned frequent mentions as the city’s most visually pleasing building, was under a serious demolition threat in the bubbly 1980s.