It has a history of more than a century, worldwide the most credit that have been restaurants, hotels guide book "Michelin Guide". In issued its Tokyo edition in November 2007, Cerulean Tower Tokyu Hotel, Towers Restaurant "Kukanyo" is one star, the hotel sector has received a rating of (high evaluation in the fourth out of five grade) four pavilion It was. This is the background of the high evaluation, what kind of concept or do you have management efforts based on the strategy. I was told to Yasushi Kawashima general manager.

- Evaluation of the current "Michelin Guide Tokyo 2008" is, how do you catch.

In the restaurant sector Towers Restaurant "Kukanyo" is one star, in the hotel sector has received a high four pavilion evaluation. Heard that Michelin guide is published in Japan, but I thought the "all means put I want to", I am very pleased it has really been achieved. The hotel, since its opening in 2001, we have continued to defend the concept of modern design and Culture Creation sum. Than the luxury we emphasize the design of the height to, culture of the sum provided the Noh theater, jazz bar in the Western culture, and a large selection of the restaurants in the Japanese and Western have originated the food culture around the world. Of this evaluation are taken as a result of our recognized the service that is based on such a concept.

- In the Cerulean Tower Tokyu Hotel, what kind of customer base of many will do?

There is also that the property of the concept is aware of foreign sensibility, the United States and Europe, foreign customers, centered on Australia accounted for more than half. Above all, designers and musicians, for there are many, such as luxury brand of the parties would be Shibuya locality. Practice we originally thought that competitors such as foreign hotels near Shibuya from, but Shibuya there is a weakness that foreign companies have not been integrated. So, you can use its sales network in partnership with Concorde Hotels to expand the luxury hotels around the world mainly in France, such as to expand sales activities by dispatching staff to Europe and the United States, won the customers of foreign It has continued its efforts to. Such sales strategy and the hotel concept is coupled with repeater of, I think that can be utilized in a number of foreign customers.

- Please tell us the history of up to Kawashima enters the Tokyu.

Originally, born in Fuji City, Shizuoka Prefecture, it was moved to Tokyo university and at the same time. In order to meet the classmate of entering high school in Aoyama Gakuin University, it came well in Shibuya. When viewed from Shizuoka, because big cities even Shibuya closest in Tokyo, there was the image of "Tokyo closest to the countryside." To say that, there is no still large building at that time, I Jintan building on the temple Miyamasuzaka in 1963 when it built was the fuss about are also introduced to the newspaper as a "high-rise buildings were built" (laughs) . In front of this building, it was or everyone waiting dating. Then, in Tokyu Bunka Kaikan first floor of a movie theater "Shibuya Pantheon", he was often seen the movie. It named Pantheon seemed cool (laughs). At the time, speaking of a movie theater in the local (Fuji), because it was a small thing in the name, such as "○○ electrical Pavilion", the size of Shibuya Pantheon of the scale there is a memory that I was surprised. If it now, really, was the era that was laid-back. Spent such a college, he joined Tokyu Hotel Chain in 1969 (Tokyu Hotels).

- Will was initially assigned to either of the hotel.

Leg rest 19 years from joining was working at Haneda Tokyu Hotel. At that time many cases of nights ago Haneda Airport users, it was almost every day, the occupancy rate reached close to 100%. Then, about seven years, after working as a general affairs section chief in there was headquartered in Yotsuya, through the deputy general manager of the Ginza Tokyu Hotel, I went into the opening preparation room of the Cerulean Tower Tokyu Hotel. Usually, opening preparation room is building, but that whether or not to complete you are often installed at the timing, was good that in the case of the hotel was Tazusaware from the drawing stage. For example, even if think no problem in our eyes, and show to the chef, I because you may not know is on the drawing such as "can not work here is too narrow." But, because it was work that really require physical strength, I wanted to do to a young age if possible (laughs). So only to have created from scratch, attachment to the hotel is all the more.

"Cerulean Tower Tokyu Hotel" lobby