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Japan’s landmark capsules coming down to sit in museums

An example of the capsule designed by architect Kisho Kurokawa is displayed in a park outside of the Museum of Modern Art, Saitama, in Saitama, north of Tokyo on May 6, 2022. Kurokawa used capsules to build the Nakagin Capsule Tower, a famed residential and office building in Tokyo's Ginza district. (AP Photo/Hiro Komae) An example of the capsule designed by architect Kisho Kurokawa is displayed in a park outside of the Museum of Modern Art, Saitama, in Saitama, north of Tokyo on May 6, 2022. Kurokawa used capsules to build the Nakagin Capsule Tower, a famed residential and office building in Tokyo's Ginza district. (AP Photo/Hiro Komae) Demolition teams start to take down the Nakagin Capsule Tower, an iconic structure designed by Japanese architect Kisho Kurokawa and built in 1972, in Tokyo's Ginza district on April 12, 2022. It’s now being demolished in a careful process that includes preserving some of its 140 capsules, to be shipped to museums around the world. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko) Men work at the site of the Nakagin Capsule Tower, a capsule hotel n the Ginza district, as parts of the hotel were being demolished, in Tokyo on April 7, 2022. It’s now being demolished in a careful process that includes preserving some of its 140 capsules, to be shipped to museums around the world. A poster that reads, "#save Nakagin," pasted on one of the hotel windows. (AP Photo/Hiro Komae) Men work at the site of the Nakagin Capsule Tower, a capsule hotel n the Ginza district, as parts of the hotel were being demolished, in Tokyo on April 8, 2022. It’s now being demolished in a careful process that includes preserving some of its 140 capsules, to be shipped to museums around the world. (AP Photo/Hiro Komae) Men work at the site of the Nakagin Capsule Tower, a capsule hotel n the Ginza district, as parts of the hotel were being demolished, in Tokyo on April 7, 2022. It’s now being demolished in a careful process that includes preserving some of its 140 capsules, to be shipped to museums around the world. (AP Photo/Hiro Komae) The Nakagin Capsule Tower, a famed capsule hotel in the Ginza district, shows its unique architecture of small cubic rooms, as parts of the capsule hotel was being demolished, in Tokyo on April 8, 2022. It’s now being demolished in a careful process that includes preserving some of its 140 capsules, to be shipped to museums around the world. (AP Photo/Hiro Komae) The Nakagin Capsule Tower, a famed capsule hotel in the Ginza district, shows its unique architecture of small cubic rooms, as parts of the capsule hotel was being demolished, in Tokyo on April 8, 2022. It’s now being demolished in a careful process that includes preserving some of its 140 capsules, to be shipped to museums around the world. (AP Photo/Hiro Komae)