After hearing rumors that one of my favorite hideaways in Tokyo, the Sanuki Club, is slated for demolition, I stand outside the hotel¡¯s front gates with apprehension. Aside from offering some of the cheapest lodgings available in Minato Ward, the property¡¯s beer and barbecue terrace ¡ª tucked under mature trees and backed by Japanese garden landscaping ¡ª as well as its historical wooden buildings, mini bamboo grove, and a stylishly unconventional modern lobby, have long delighted its intellectual and artistic clientele. I¡¯ll be crushed if it has closed.
Front desk manager Hiroshi Hirano brushes off my fears with a grin.
¡°We were scheduled to be torn down,¡± he admits, ¡°but we get to stay in business through the 2020 Olympics because of Tokyo¡¯s hotel-room shortage.¡±
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