Completed in 1972, the Nakagin Capsule Tower in Ginza is one of the few remaining examples of Japanese Metabolism, "an architectural movement emblematic of Japan's postwar cultural resurgence". It was created by Kisho Kurokawa, the architect who also designed The National Art Center in Roppongi, Tōkyō.

According to Dr. Geeta Mehta, “It was an important building at one time . . . it’s a landmark of a whole period of metabolism when people thought that the important issues of the world could be solved with architecture . . . and futuristic utopian, which figured out ways to build buildings incrementally. They could be added to . . . Their structures and services could be articulated . . .”

   For an interesting interview with the architect Kisho Kurokawa, click here.